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2. Madras (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India. [1]

3. Zephyr (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Zephyr or zephyr cloth is a sheer, lightweight cotton fabric, usually plain woven, used for dresses, blouses, and shirts. It may be striped or checked. [1] [2] It is named after Zephyr, the Greek god of the west wind. [2]

4. Sanforization - Wikipedia

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   Sanforization is a treatment for fabrics to reduce shrinkage from washing. The process was patented by Sanford Lockwood Cluett (1874–1968) in 1930. It works by stretching, shrinking , and fixing the woven cloth in both length and width before cutting and producing, to reduce the shrinkage which would otherwise occur after washing.

5. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics in this list include fabrics that are woven, ... Cotton duck; Crash (fabric) Crêpe (textile) Crêpe de Chine; Cretonne; Crochet; D. Damask; Darlexx; Denim ...

6. Lawn cloth - Wikipedia

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   Lawn is a lightweight, sheer cloth, crisper than voile but not as crisp as organza. [5] Lawn is known for its semi-transparency, which can range from gauzy or sheer to an almost opaque effect, known as lining or utility lawn. [citation needed] The finish used on lawn ranges from soft to semi-crisp to crisp, but the fabric is never completely ...

7. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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   Cotton duck is used in a wide range of applications, from sneakers to painting canvases to tents to sandbags. [1] Historically, white untwilled cotton or linen fabric uniforms of this name were worn by British and French soldiers serving in the tropics. [2] Duck fabric is woven with two yarns together in the warp and a single yarn in the weft.