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2. Terrycloth - Wikipedia

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   Terrycloth, terry cloth, terry cotton, terry towelling, terry, terry towel, Turkish towelling (formerly), or simply towelling is a fabric woven with many protruding loops of thread which can absorb large amounts of water. It can be manufactured by weaving or knitting.

3. Christy (towel manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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   While travelling in Istanbul, he saw an example of the looped pile fabric that is known today as terry towelling, but which was initially known as the 'Turkish towel'. [2] The company found a method of weaving the looped pile fabric on an industrial scale using a machine designed by one of their employees Samuel Holt, [3] who patented the ...

4. Microfiber - Wikipedia

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   Microfiber (microfibre in British English) is synthetic fibre finer than one denier or decitex/thread, having a diameter of less than ten micrometers. The most common types of microfiber are made variously of polyesters ; polyamides (e.g., nylon , Kevlar , Nomex ); and combinations of polyester, polyamide, and polypropylene .

5. Towel - Wikipedia

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   Colored bath towels. A towel (/ ˈ t aʊ (ə) l /) is a piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying or wiping a surface. Towels draw moisture through direct contact.. Bathing towels and hand towels are usually made of cotton, linen, bamboo and synthetic microfibers.

6. Waffle fabric - Wikipedia

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   An example of waffle fabric. Waffle fabric, also known as honeycomb fabric, has raised threads that form small rectangles.It can be made by either weaving or knitting.Waffle weave is a further exploitation of plain weave and twill weave which produces a three-dimensional effect.

7. Alcantara (material) - Wikipedia

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   Alcantara is composed of about 68% polyester and 32% polyurethane, [6] giving increased durability and stain resistance. The appearance and tactile feel of the material is similar to that of suede, and it may be erroneously identified as such.

8. Queensgate, Cincinnati - Wikipedia

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   Queensgate is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Queensgate was the center of Cincinnati's pork packing industry. Queensgate is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. It sits in the valley of Downtown Cincinnati and is dominated by industrial and commercial warehouses. Cincinnati's nickname of "Porkopolis" started here with hog ...

9. Huckaback fabric - Wikipedia

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   Blended Huck towels are made by keeping warp in cotton and weft in linen. Huckaback [6] is a weave in which the weft yarns are of a relatively lower count, and they are loosely twisted (softly spun), making a floating and absorbing weave. [2]