单词 | leno |
释义 | lenon. A kind of cotton gauze, used for caps, veils, curtains, etc. Hence, the type of weave used for this fabric. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > gauze leno1851 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] > weaving > types of high warp1728 plain-weave1888 waffle1930 folk weave1938 leno1964 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric tie1831 twill1839 pile-weaving1863 twilling1880 snowflake1882 leno1968 1780 F. Burney Jrnl. Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 39 He..insisted upon presenting me with a complete suit of Gauze Lino. 1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 17 165 Spangles and sprigged ‘linos’! 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 388/1 Twenty year ago..I bought a lot of ‘leno’ cheap—it was just about going out of fashion for caps then. 1881 G. MacDonald Mary Marston I. ii. 38 He looked up from a piece of leno he was smoothing out. 1894 Daily News 2 June 5/3 A large space cut away..and filled in with fine net or leno. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 494/2 Leno, a fabric with an openwork or an embroidered effect, produced by cross-weaving; fabrics of this character that are of regular texture are usually termed gauze. 1964 H. Hodges Artifacts x. 141 Gauze or leno..is produced by crossing adjacent warps before passing the weft, and re~crossing the warps again before passing the next weft. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 239 Leno,..a type of weave—an open-work fabric with warp yarns twisted before weaving. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as leno brocade, leno weave. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > fine, light, or delicate chambray1787 zephyr1809 leno1821 1821 M. Browne Diary 11 Aug. (1905) 173 We at last got a leno cap and an under cap to wear with it. c1828 J. R. Planché Green-eyed Monster 8 Leno slip, over white satin, ornamented with leno puffs of white and pink. 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve I. ix. 171 The broad leno lappets of her cap thrown off from her face. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 494/2 Leno brocade, a brocade cotton, or cotton and rayon cloth, produced by a combination of ordinary and cross-weaving. 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour iv. 52/2 (caption) Leno weave; gauze weave. C2. leno loom n. a loom which produces leno weave. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > loom or machine for linen-loom1404 osset loom1543 traverse-warp machine1826 gauze-loom1858 braider1874 braiding-machine1874 velvet-loom1875 leno loom1964 broad-silk- 1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour iv. 52/2 Some major fabrics woven on leno looms are marquisette, netting, mesh shirting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780 |
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