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2. Seersucker - Wikipedia

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   Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar , literally meaning "milk and sugar", from the gritty texture ("sugar") on the otherwise ...

3. Tweed - Wikipedia

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   The term "tweed" is used to describe coverings on instrument cables and vintage or retro guitar amplifiers, such as the Fender tweed and Fender Tweed Deluxe. [15] Despite the terminology, many of these coverings were not considered tweed but cotton twill due to the cover's design, which caused this misidentification of the design.

4. Herringbone (cloth) - Wikipedia

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   Donegal tweed (an example of herringbone) Reversible camouflage HBTs. Herringbone, also called broken twill weave, [1] describes a distinctive V-shaped weaving pattern usually found in twill fabric. It is distinguished from a plain chevron by the break at reversal, which makes it resemble a broken zigzag.

5. Grenfell (brand) - Wikipedia

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   The grenfell cloth is a densely-woven cotton gabardine material used to make luxury and outdoor clothing since its creation in 1923. [3] It was named after Sir Wilfred Grenfell, a British medical missionary working extensively in Newfoundland. He required a cloth to be woven to protect himself from the snow, wind, wet and cold weather he ...

6. Straitjacket - Wikipedia

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   Once the wearer's arms are in the sleeves, the person restraining the wearer crosses the sleeves against the chest and ties the ends of the sleeves to the back of the jacket, ensuring the arms are close to the chest with as little movement as possible. Although straitjacket is the most common spelling, strait-jacket or straightjacket are

7. Merino - Wikipedia

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   Full wool Merino sheep Merino sheep and red goats. Madrid, Spain. The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool.It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for several centuries kept as a strict Spanish monopoly; exports of the breed were not allowed, and those who tried risked capital punishment.