Weave

suedecloth

02.10.2025

A woven fabric with a flat, napped surface finished to resemble suede.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

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stripe

A long, straight region of a single color.

strié

Irregular streaks in a fabric of practically the same color as the background, from the French “stripe” or “streak”.

staple

The length of the fiber. Usually short lengths rather than one continuous strand or filament.

stabilizing

Any process which prevents fabrics from shrinking or stretching.

spun-silk

Yarn made of silk broken by the emergence of mature silk moths from cocoons.

spinning

The process of twisting staple fibers into single-ply yarn, or of drawing liquid through a spinneret to produce synthetic monofilaments.

source reduction

Any practice: (a) reducing the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the...