单词 | cotton thread |
释义 | > as lemmascotton thread 3. Thread spun from cotton yarn, used for sewing garments and for weaving bobbin-net; also called sewing-cotton; in full cotton thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > cotton > sewing cotton sewing cotton1826 cotton1848 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall I. ii. 40 To pick up the ball of cotton, that had rolled under the table. 1877 Willcox & Gibbs' Direct. for Sewing Machines 13 Where 40 cotton would be used in hand sewing, use 60 or 70 cotton on the machine..Soft finished black and coloured cottons will often break..Use glacé cotton in place of linen thread. 1892 (reel-label) Best six-cord 24 Sewing-machine Cotton, twopenny reel. < as lemmas |
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