(of fabric) dyed after being woven.
a full range of piece-dyed and yarn-dyed fabrics
Example sentencesExamples
- In both cases, yarn-dyed or piece-dyed, the dyeing operation is always preceded by boiling-off, a process in which the gum (sericin) is removed from the fibre.
- Piece-dyed brocades are our least expensive fabrics.
- Also new were piece-dyed fabrics that were pigment over-dyed, and then washed to get the color back.