back-greyn.
Calico-printing.
= backcloth n. 1, greyback n. 4.
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1896 G. Duerr Bleaching 22 Very often unbleached pieces of cloth (called back greys) are used for the purpose of keeping the blanket from getting dirty too soon;..the ‘back greys’ are run between the blanket and the pieces which are being printed.
1897 C. F. S. Rothwell Printing Textile Fabrics 34 These pieces, or back-greys as they are called, are afterwards bleached and printed with their own patterns.
1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. iv. 204 Passing around this pressure cylinder..is a thick blanket..which is endless, a so-called ‘back-grey’ (unbleached calico).
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