单词 | felting |
释义 | feltingn. 1. a. The action or process of making felt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > manufacture of fabric from specific materials > manufacture of wool or woollen based fabrics felting1686 bay-making1858 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 109 Beside Wool, for..Felting. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 772 Felting is a much simpler process than weaving. 1844 J. Rennie Bird Archit. 207 The goldfinch is more neat in the execution of its felting than the chaffinch. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 261 Felting is a process by which the different kinds of hair and wool are interlaced or intertwined. b. Of the hair (see quot. 1848). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > tangled > tangling matting1610 felting1848 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 354/2 Felting,..a term applied to the hair when inextricably interlaced, as occasionally in women from inattention. 1864 W. T. Fox Classif. Skin Dis. 75 Canities, Felting. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 57/1 Felting, the matting or entangling by movement and pressure of hair into a hair mouse. c. Of woollen fibres and paper: matting and shrinking. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > quality of being woolly > matting or felting felter1615 matting1682 felting1884 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > matting or shrinking felting1884 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted iv. 58 By this rough arrangement of the fibres they..lap round each other more firmly in the felting; because as wool shrinks in the process, a fibre which is wrapped round several others will get a firmer grip. 1905 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 496/2 The wet web then passes through press rolls to ensure perfect felting and even thickness. 1920 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making (ed. 5) ii. 86 The degree in which felting takes place will depend..upon the form or microscopic peculiarities of the fibres. 1960 Which? Apr. 91/1 Rubbing the material by hand, in a washing machine, or in a tumbler drier when wet (or even just damp) may cause felting. 1970 Nature 14 Feb. 634/2 Felting is the progressive fibre entanglement in wool resulting from mechanical agitation, particularly in the presence of water. 2. concrete. Felted cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > wool and hair or fur feltc1000 felting1849 1849 Florist 32 A paper-manufacturer presented us with some felting. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Oct. 2/2 Protected from the intense cold..by double windows and felting. 3. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > other bagging1732 super-head1800 burly1805 felting1805 Tibet1827 pointy1844 motey1851 blue1884 shivey1884 shafty1891 lofty1909 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [adjective] > equipment for mozing1633 felting1805 stentering1946 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 34 Such a valuable property in wool as the felting quality. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 101 The felting quality of wool is owing to the rough nature of the surface of its filaments. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight 98 A felting comb with all the back teeth knocked out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686 |
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