单词 | union cloth |
释义 | > as lemmasunion cloth b. Textiles. In sense 14, designating fabric composed of two or more different materials woven together, as union cloth, union cord, union cord braid, union damask, union diaper, union goods, etc. 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] union1805 union cloth1805 union goods1805 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > of specific size > narrow > cord bobbin1641 union cord braid1882 1805Union cloth [see sense 14]. 1851 C. Brontë Let. 8 Dec. (2000) II. 726 We have got curtains of union Cloth for the dining-room. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Cotton-tick, a material for bed and pillow cases, &c., which is either plain or twilled, and sometimes composed partly of linen, as in union tick. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxi. §3995 Woollen and union cloths. 1867 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) III. 971 Union goods, cloths of a mixed character, as of flax and jute, or cotton and jute. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. X. 268/1 Many of the names used in the all-wool class are retained in this [sc. fabrics composed of wool and cotton], with the addition of the word ‘union’, as union merino, union shalloon, union damask, &c. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 507 Union cord, a round white cord, made for stay-laces,..composed of both linen and cotton thread. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 507 Union Cord Braid, Union Diaper. 1926 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 1449. 22/2 (gloss.) Shaker flannel, originally a mixed wool and cotton fabric make by a religious sect known as Shakers. Now a cotton or union fabric. 1955 E. Ostick Draper's Encycl. 44 Chemical action processes..are applied to fine poplins, gabardines, heavy twills, union tweeds [etc.]. 2005 C. Mendelson Laundry iii. xix. 308 Union linen. A fabric with cotton warp and linen filling. Sometimes this is called union cloth. < as lemmas |
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