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  2. Bolt (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    a commercial unit of length or area used to measure finished cloth. Generally speaking, one bolt represents a strip of cloth 100 yards (91.44 meters) long, but the width varies according to the fabric. Cotton bolts are traditionally 42 inches (1.067 meters) wide and wool bolts are usually 60 inches (1.524 meters) wide.

  3. Odisha Ikat - Wikipedia

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    The history of this silk art is linked to the Lord Jagannath worship practice which is a tradition in Odisha. Every colour used in the fabric reflects a symbolic concept of Jagannath worship: the four primary colours used in keeping with this tradition are white, black, yellow, and red, with green added at a later date.

  4. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    The "front" of a piece of fabric having a distinct front and back; same as right side. facing A facing is fabric used to finish the raw edges of a garment such as at neckline and armhole. Shaped facings are cut to match the edge they will face, and bias facings are strips of fabric cut on the bias or cross-grain and shaped to fit edge.

  5. Kimono - Wikipedia

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    Kimono have a set method of construction and are typically made from a long, narrow bolt of cloth known as a tanmono, though Western-style fabric bolts are also sometimes used. [3] There are different types of kimono for men, women, and children, varying based on the occasion, the season , the wearer's age, and – less commonly in the modern ...

  6. Talk:Bolt (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    File:Fabric bolt ensemble (7856833718).jpg is an excellent pic of rolls of fabric, not bolts. File:Stoffballen1 fcm.jpg are excellent examples of bolts of cloth, not rolls. File:Bogyoke Ang San Market Yangon.jpg are bolts of fabric, lots of them, some on cardboard formers (known as bolts themselves) and some just folded.

  7. Tanmono - Wikipedia

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    If the fabric is a single solid colour, or the pattern was komon (a small all-over reversible pattern), the bolt can be cut anywhere. Otherwise, the patterns would be spaced so that it was in the right place relative to where the cloth would be cut (for instance, so that a kimono's hem patterns were located at the hem on all body panels).

  8. A Rhode Island man has admitted to using gasoline to set several fires around the exterior of a predominantly Black church earlier this year, according to a federal plea agreement.

  9. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from charpoy चारपाई,چارپائی Teen payi (तीन पाय) in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "three legged" or "coffee table". [26] Thug from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ Thag in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "thief or con man". [27] Tickety-boo possibly from Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū), meaning "it's all right, sir". [28]