单词 | repped |
释义 | reppedadj. 1. Of silk, wool, or cotton fabric: having a fine horizontal rib, produced by weaving with a warp thread finer than the weft. Cf. rep n.6 Now historical and rare.Now usually called ribbed; cf. ribbed adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > ribbed or corded ribbed1742 corded1758 rep1860 repped1861 grosgrained1927 1861 Glasgow Herald 31 May 1/7 (advt.) Silk Repped Brydare Robes, original Wholesale Price. 1869 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 9 Oct. Repped cloths, bound with wide English braid, in imitation of the Prince Arthur style are considered stylish. 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Oct. 696/2 Amazon Soleil is a plain coloured stuff which is repped. 1922 Times 27 May 15/5 Materials which look well alone are..shantung, any of the repped poplins, and silk alpaca. 1940 K. M. Lester & B. V. Oerke Accessories of Dress xvii. 221 These [late-nineteenth cent. scarves] were shown in repped silk, moire, and grenadine. 2. Of paper: having a ribbed surface produced by any of various means (see quots.). Also of the surface or finish: characterized by ribbing. ΚΠ 1888 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making 171 By passing paper between rolls on which devices have been cut, the ‘repped’ and other papers are produced. 1931 H. Jackson Anat. Bibliomania II. xxii. 206 He imported from London coarse papers made of flock and finished with a hard repped surface. 1952 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper (ed. 2) 225/2 Repped finish is a paper on which a ribbed surface..has been produced by passing through steel rollers, or by felts with heavy warp threads, or in platers..in which the ‘books’ are made up with repp cloth. 2004 A. Campbell Digital Designer's Jargon Buster 253/2 Ribbed paper, an unusual type of woven paper with a ribbed effect produced by pressing before the web is dry. Also known as ‘repped’ paper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1861 |
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