Of a fabric: that is not corded or twilled; without a pattern; in only one colour. Frequently in plain cloth.

Diagonal, slanting; (with reference to woven fabric) cut diagonally or at an angle to the warp or weft; oriented according to the bias (bias, n. 1a)…

The surname of Joseph Marie Jacquard of Lyons, who, at the beginning of the 19th cent., invented an apparatus to facilitate the weaving of figured…

Of lace: Wrought upon a ground of fine net (cf. loop-lace n. (b) at loop, n.1 compounds 2). looped pile (see quot. 1888). looped stitch, looped work…

Characteristic of or resembling a fairy, esp. in being small, delicate, or finely formed.

spec. Of a fabric (as a tyre-cover): Having layers of thread lying diagonally from edge to edge, so as to distribute the strain.

Esp. designating woven material in which the stitches are woven together.

(a) adj. designating (esp. nylon) clothing or equipment woven so that a tear will not spread; (b) n. material woven in this way.