Of cloth: shrunk, matted, and thickened by washing and beating. Now historical.

Not dyed in grain.

Of textile fabrics or materials. (Cf. dress, v. 15c 15.)

Stiffened with gum; coated or smeared with gum. Also figurative.

That has not been prepared or treated for consumption or use. Of cloth or textile fibres: unbleached. Cf. grey, n. 4b. Now historical.

Of silk, fabric, clothing, etc.: that has not undergone any dying, bleaching, or other finishing processes. Cf. grey, adj. 1d(b).

Wanting in firmness or stiffness, flaccid; flexible, pliant. Of a textile fabric: Unstiffened.

Of a garment, etc.: made of printed fabric. Of a fabric: bearing a printed pattern or design.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2; cf. weighted, adj. 2c.)

Of fabric: finished to resemble the slightly rough napped surface of suede. Also of leather: rubbed or buffed to make such a surface; made into suede.

Of fabrics: pressed between rollers or otherwise processed to produce an irregular surface.

Of a garment or fabric (esp. an item of hosiery): shaped by heating on a form before dyeing.

A finish given to a fabric or garment to enable it to retain its creases, pleating, shape, smoothness, etc.; the process which produces this finish…

= perma-press, adj.

Designating a garment or fabric with a permanent press finish. Also figurative. Cf. permanent press, n., perma-pressed, adj.

Of cloth: treated in order to prevent stretching or shrinking.