单词 | long threads |
释义 | > as lemmaslong threads long threads n. Textiles (the threads constituting) the warp; often contrasted with cross threads. ΚΠ 1712 J. Beaumont Math. Sleaing Tables 10 See that the Weft, or cross Threads, be but very little finer than the Warp, or long Threads. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. i. 36 Some [yarn] is employed as warp or long threads for coarse goods. 1904 Monthly Bull. Internat. Bureau Amer. Republics Nov. 594 Although the cross threads are strong, the long threads are easily torn. 2010 K. Hinds Early Germans i. 16 This was an upright loom on which the long threads (the warp) were held taut by weights tied to their ends. < as lemmas |
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