| 单词 | knop yarn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknop yarn b. A loop or tuft (often of different colour) formed in a strand of yarn for ornament. Also attributive in knop yarn (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > textured > specific > part of knop1904 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 333/2 Knop yarn. 1914 A. F. Barker & E. Midgley Anal. Woven Fabrics 272 Knop yarn.—A yarn upon which knops or lumps of yarn of one or more colours appear at intervals. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 879/2 The knop yarn—in which knops are formed at any required intervals on an otherwise level thread by holding one thread tightly and allowing the second thread to run in slackly to form knops of the required size. 1964 Which? Sept. 284/2 Knop or nub, a compound yarn with lumps or balls of yarn at regular or irregular intervals. 1968 E. Gale From Fibres to Fabrics iv. 44 Knop yarn. Two threads are twisted together, with one at regular intervals being given in very rapidly so that it is wound round and round the first thread in the form of a hard knop or lump. < as lemmas |
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