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raschel|ˈræʃəl|
Also Raschel.
[ad. G. Raschelmaschine, f. the name of the French actress Rachel (1820–58): cf. rachel.]
a. A kind of knitting-machine (see quots. 1940, 1968).
b. The coarse warp knitting produced by such a machine. Also attrib. Hence ˈraschel v. trans., to knit with a raschel machine (in quot. pa. pple.).
1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 703/1 Raschel (Hosiery), the name for the two-bar warp loom, fitted with latch needles. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 195/1 Raschel knitting,..type of warp knitting resembling tricot, but coarser. Done by machine in plain and Jacquard patterns, often with lacy effect. Used for underwear. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 246 Raschel, a type of knitting-machine producing ribbed fabric. 1970Times 12 May 11/6 The designer demonstrated the uses..of the acrylic yarn in all its many shapes, in fabrics blended, bonded, Neospun, raschelled, knitted, woven, [etc.]. 1972Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 12/6 Frank Usher will have this look, appropriately braid-edged, in a beautiful raschel knit of shaded brown and beige scallops on cream. 1974Ibid. 7 Jan. 9/5 Acrylics, cotton bouclés and raschels, cotton mixed with linen or Vincel: all these give a crisper look to the stripes in your spring sweater than we've had for some time now. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVIII. 182/2 The two types of warp knitting are raschel, made with latch needles, and tricot, using bearded needles. Ibid., In the Raschel machine, the needles move in a ground steel plate, called the trick plate. |