单词 | glass-cloth |
释义 | glass-clothn. 1. A linen cloth used for drying glass-ware; also as a background for embroidery (see quot. 1882). 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 flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > linen > types of > for specific purpose lockramc1300 housewife cloth1560 housewife's cloth1567 beaupers1592 household linen1642 French canvas1662 harrateen1711 glass-cloth1851 tableclothing1859 Java canvas1867 Italian1897 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 512 Plain and checked glass-cloths. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 223/1 Glass Cloths..have been..much adopted for the purpose of embroidery, as well as for aprons and chair covers. 1891 Times 5 Oct. 4/3 Narrow width towellings, glass cloths, and the like. 2. A woven fabric made of fine-spun glass thread. (Only as two words.) 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 glass thread > [noun] glass-cloth1875 1875 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 223/1 Glass cloth..manufactories for the production of ecclesiastical decorative fabrics composed of glass fibre are in operation in Austria, France, and Italy. 3. Cloth covered with powdered glass, used like sand-paper for smoothing or polishing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing > glasspaper, sandpaper, or cloth shaving-cloth1427 shaving-linen1512 scouring papera1756 emery-paper1772 glass-paper1815 sandpaper1825 glass-cloth1873 sander1895 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 407/1 Polishing Bullocks' Horns. Well scrape with glass or steel scraper, afterwards with finest glass-cloth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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