| H |
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| Habit |
In The 17th
Century It Meant For Men The Suit Of Clothes All In The Same Cloth
Or Colour. The Court Habit In The 17th And 18th Centuries Meant
Men's Clothes, And The Grand Habit Women's, Worn Only At Court And
At Festivities Where The Court Was Present.
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| Hackling
(flax)S |
A Process In
Which Stricks Of Scutched Flax Are Combed From End To End, Both To
Remove Short Fibre, Naps (or Neps), And Non-fibrous Material, And To
Sub-divide And Parallelize The Fibre Strands.
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| Hair |
Animal Fibre
Other Than Sheep's Wool Or Silk., Note: It Is Recognized That This
Definition Implies A Distinction Between Sheep's Wool And The
Covering Of Other Animals, Notwithstanding The Similarity In Their
Fibre Characteristics. Thus The Crimped Form And The Scaly Surface
Are Not Confined To Sheep's Wool. It Seems Desirable In The Textile
Industry, However, To Avoid Ambiguity By Confining The Term Wool To
The Covering Or Sheep And To Have Available A General Term For Other
Fibres Of Animal Origin. Normally The Less Widely Used Fibres Are
Known By Name E.g., Alpaca, Mohair, Etc., But Collectively They
Should Be Classed As Hair. A Difficulty Arises When It Is Desired To
Distinguish Between The Fibres Of The Undercoat And The Remainder Of
The Fleece; For Instance, Between The Soft Short Camel Hair Used For
Blankets And The Coarse Long Camel Hair Used For Belting. The Term
Wool Is Sometimes Used For The Shorter Fibre, Qualified By The Name
Of The Animal, E.g., Cashmere Wool.
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| Hairy |
Refers To
Fabrics With A Lot Of Protruding Fibers On The Surface.
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| Hammered
Satin |
A Satin Fabric
With An Allover Surface Texture That Looks Like Hammered Metal.
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| Handkerchief
Linen |
A Fine
Lightweight Plain Weave Fabric Of Linen Or A Linen Blend. Used In
Blouses, Dresses
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| Handle;
Hand (u.s.) |
The Quality Of
A Fabric Or Yarn Assessed By The Reaction Obtained From The Sense Of
Touch., Note: It Is Concerned With The Subjective Judgement Of
Roughness, Smoothness, Harshness, Pliability, Thickness, Etc.
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| Hank |
(1) A Synonym
For Skein. Textile Linear Material In Coiled Form., (2) A Definite
Length Of Sliver, Slubbing, Roving, Or Yarn, E.g., In The Metric
System It Is 1000 Metres., (3) A Synonym For Count As Applied To
Sliver, Slubbing, Or Roving.
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| Hank Sizing |
The Application
Of Size Solution To Yarn In Hanks.
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| Hard |
Describing
Fabrics With A Firm, Coarse Hand.
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| Hardening |
Treatment Of
Man-made Regenerated-protein Filaments So As To Render Them
Completely Insoluble In Cold Water And Cold Dilute Saline Solutions.
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| Harlequin |
A Design Motif
Dominated By Diamond Shapes Or Checks In 3 Or More Contrasting
Colors As In A Harlequin Costume.
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| Harris
Tweed |
A Woolen Tweed
Fabric Hand Woven On The Outer Hebrides Islands Off The Coast Of
Scotland. (harris Is One Of These Islands) Genuine Harris Tweeds Are
Certified By The Harris Tweed Association.
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| Haul-off
Roller; Haul-off Roll |
The First
Driven Roller Around Which An Extruded Yarn Passes After Leaving The
Spinneret, And Whose Surface Speed Determines The Spin-stretch
Ratio.
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| Haute
Couture |
Hi-fashion
Garments (of Which Only A Single Price Is Produced) Its
Extravagant, Its Irrational, Its Unique And Its Totally
Unaffordable.
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| Head (jute) |
One Of A Number
Of Bunches Of Raw Jute Forming A Bale. The Heads Are Each Given A
Twist And Folded Over Before Being Made Into The Bale.
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| Heat
Setting |
The Process Of
Conferring Stability Of Form Upon Fibres, Yarns, Or Fabrics, Usually
By Means Of Successive Heating And Cooling In Moist Or Dry
Conditions.
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| Heat
Transfer Printed |
A Method Of
Printing Fabric By Transferring A Design From A Paper To Fabric By
Passing Them Together Through Heated Rollers Or A Heated Press. Also
Called Sublistatic Printing Or Sublimation Printing.
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| Heather |
See
Melange/heather
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| Hemp, True |
A Fine
Light-coloured, Lustrous, And Strong Bast Fibre, Obtained From The
Hemp Plant, Cannabis Sativa L. , Note: The Colour And Cleanliness
Vary Considerably According To The Method Of Preparation Of The
Fibre, The Lower Grades Being Dark Cream And Containing Much
Non-fibrous Matter. The Fibre Is Obtained By Retting. Its Principal
Use Is In Twine And Cordage, But Some Of The Finer Grades Are Used
In Weaving. The Fibre Ranges In Length From 1 To 2.5m (3 To 8 ft).
The Term 'hemp' Is Often Incorrectly Used In A Generic Sense For
Fibres From Different Plants, E.g., Manila 'hemp' (abaca) From Musa
Textilis Nee; Sisal 'hemp' From Agave Sisalana Perrine; Sunn 'hemp'
(sunn Fibre) From Crotalaria Juncea L.
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| Henequen |
The Fibre
Obtained From The Leaf Of Agava Fourcroydes Lemaire.
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| Herringbone |
A Broken Twill
Weave In Which The Twill Line Reverses Regularly Forming Zig Zag
V's. Also Called Fishbone.
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| Hessen |
See Barras.
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| Hessian |
See
Burlap/hessian.
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| High
Charged System |
A Method Of Dry
Cleaning In Which An Oil-soluble Reagent Such As Petroleum
Sulphonate Is Added To The Solvent So That A Significant Amount Of
Water Can Be Added To Obtain A Substantially Clear Dispersion Of
Water In The Solvent. In A High-charged System The Concentration Of
Added Reagent, A So-called Detergent Is 4% While, In A Low-charged
System The Concentration Ranges From ¾% To 2%.
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| High Count |
Refers To
Fabrics Woven With A Relatively High Thread Count, Resulting In A
Dense, Tight Fabric.
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| High Twist |
Refers To Yarn
That Are Manufactured With A Relatively High Number Of Turns Per
Inch . This May Be Done To Increase The Yarn Strength Or To Give The
Fabric A Crepey Texture Or Hand.
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| High/low |
1. Pile Fabrics
That Have Variation In Pile Height 2 A Corduroy With Wales Of 2 Or
More Different Widths.
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| High-bulk
Yarn |
A Yarn That Has
Been Treated Mechanically, Physically Or Chemically So As To Have A
Noticeably Greater Voluminosity Or Bulk.
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High-speed
Spinning (melt Spinning)
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A Melt Spinning
Process In Which Filaments Are Drawn Down And Collected At High
Speeds. |
Hog Wool;
Hoggett Wool
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The First Clip
From A Sheep Not Shorn As A Lamb., Also Termed Tag/teg Wool
(obsolescent) |
| Holland/shadecloth |
A Plain Weave
Fabric Similar To Sheeting With A Stiff Sometimes Glazed Finish .
Often Of Linen Or Cotton. Frequently Used For Shades.
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| Hollow
Filament |
A Man-made
Fibre Continuous Filament Or Fibre With A Single Continuous Lumen.
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| Hologram |
A Three
Dimensional Effect Produced With A Laser That Changes With The Angle
Of View And Reflects Light In A Striking Way . Often Printed On
Reflective Material.
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| Homespun |
A Plain Weave
Fabric Loosely Woven With Coarse Uneven Yarns That Look As If They
Were Spun By Hand.
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| Homopolymer |
A Polymer In
Which The Repeating Units Are All The Same (cf. Copolymer).
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| Honan |
A High Quality,
Plain Weave Pongee Fabric Made With Wild Silk From Henan In Eastern
China.
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| Honeycomb |
A Pique Fabric
With A Waffle Or Cellular Appearance. May Be Woven Or Knit.
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| Honeydew |
The Result Of
Infestation Of Growing Cotton By Aphids Of Whitefly. It Takes The
Form Of More Or Less Randomly Distributed Droplets Of Highly
Concentrated Sugars, Causing Cotton Stickiness.
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| Hopsack |
See Basket
Weave/hopsack.
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| Hose
(narrow Fabric) |
A Tubular Woven
Fabric For Conveying Liquid Under Pressure., Note: Hose Is
Manufactured In Both Unlined And Lined Forms. When Unlined, The
Weave Is Plain And The Material Is Generally Flax Or Hemp With A
Weaving Density So Arranged That When The Fibres Swell On Wetting,
The Fabric Becomes Tight Enough To Reduce Percolation Under Pressure
To A Negligible Amount. For Lined Hose, Fibres Other Than Flax Or
Hemp May Be Used In A Plain Or Twill Weave. Light-weight Hose Woven
From Synthetic Yams May Incorporate An Independent Tubular Plastic
Lining, Which Is Introduced
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| Hosiery |
(1) Knitted
Coverings For The Feet And Legs., (2) Formerly In The UK., The Term
Was Used In The Generic Sense Of All Types Of Knitted Fabrics And,
Goods Made Up Therefrom.
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| Hosiery
Knitting Machine |
A Knitting
Machine For The Production Of Hosiery. Most Are Small-diameter
Latch-needle Circular Knitting Machines
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Hot Drawing
(synthetic Filaments And Films)
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A Term Applied
To The Drawing Of Synthetic Filaments Or Films With The Intentional
Application Of External Heat.
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| Hot
Mercerization |
See
Mercerization
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| Hottenroth
Number |
A Measure Of
The Degree Of Ripening Of Viscose, Note: A Hottenroth Number Is
Expressed As The Number Of Milliliters Of 10% Ammonium Chloride
Solution That It Is Necessary To Add To A Somewhat Diluted Viscose
(solution) To Induce Incipient Coagulation Under Standard
Conditions.
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| Houndstooth |
A Pointed
Broken Check Design . Most Commonly A Woven Produced With
Contrasting Yarns In Groups Or Multiples Of 4, Woven In A 2x2 Twill.
Sometimes Called Dogstooth.
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| Huarizo |
See Alpaca
Fibre
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| Huckaback |
A Soft Toweling
Fabric With Short, Loosely Twisted Filling Floats To Aid Absorption,
And A Birdseye Or Honeycomb Surface Texture . It Is Sometimes
Embroidered.
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| Hue |
That Attribute
Of Colour Whereby It Is Recognized As Being Predominantly Red,
Green, Blue, Yellow, Violet, Brown, Bordeaux, Etc.
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| Hue |
Is The Shades
And Degrees Of Color
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| Hurluberlu
Or Hurlupe |
Appeared About
1671, A Female Hairstyle In Which Short Curls Covered The Entire
Head.
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| Husks
(silk) |
Silk Waste
Remaining On Cocoons At The Bottom Of The Basin After Reeling.
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| Hydrolysis |
The Chemical
Decomposition Of A Substance By Water.
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| Hydrophilic |
Having An
Affinity For Water.
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| Hydrophobic |
Having No
Affinity For Water.
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| Hygral
Expansion |
The Reversible
Changes In Length And Width Of Fabrics Containing Hygroscopic Fibres
As A Result Changes In Regain
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