Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

chain yarn

Spanish translation:

la urdimbre

Added to glossary by Janet Ross Snyder
Dec 3, 2006 01:02
17 yrs ago
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English term

chain yarn

English to Spanish Tech/Engineering Textiles / Clothing / Fashion Carpets
The chain yarn is noticeable on the cut edge or open selvage

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Yaotl Altan Mar 17, 2007:
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la urdimbre

from RAE: 2. f. Conjunto de hilos que se colocan en el telar paralelamente unos a otros para formar una tela.

Chain is another term for warp. Handweavers sometimes loop the warp yarns together into a "chain" before putting them on the loom.
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