slub1
/slʌb
/noun
1A lump or thick place in yarn or thread.Donegal now describes the wool tweed that has colorful thick slubs woven into the fabric....
- While bright color and multicolored nubs and slubs enlivened the tweeds, the houndstooth wovens were often found in black and white.
- Natural fiber color variation, slubs and knots are an intricate part of each textile design and are used to enhance the beauty and texture of each pattern.
1.1 [mass noun] Fabric woven from yarn or thread containing lumps or thick places.I believe the texture in the fabric was called slub and they may be an acetate rayon blend....
- The shirt range consists of solids in twills, poplins, structures, linens and checks, as well as slubs, dobbies and indigos in pleasing colours of the season.
adjective
Denoting fabric having an irregular appearance caused by uneven thickness of the warp: slub silk...
- These fabrics range from 7 1/2-ounce and 8-ounce ring shirtings to 11 1/2-ounce slub fabrics.
- These fabrics had a linen weave with slub accents, and came in deep earthy colors as well as soft blues, greens, khakis and peach.
Derivatives
slubbed
- Describing the collection of new products for 2001, the vice president of development and planning points to an array of textured slubbed fabrics.
- Doupioni is a plain-weave fabric with slubbed ribs.
- New prints range from dramatic graphics to the ethnic Indian look of the firm's ‘Katmandu Collection,’ a line of slubbed cotton/linen featuring four patterns that are finely engraved to add dimension to the fabrics.
Origin
Early 19th century: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
slub2
/slʌb/noun [mass noun]
Wool that has been slightly twisted in preparation for spinning.The swagged curtains were beige slub silk, the sofas brown and cream, the walls aqua....
- The rectangle bell shade is a reddish-brown textile with black edged trim and natural black slubbing.
- During winding a bar holds the slubbing down so that the spindle rotation causes the twisted yarn to be wound onto the cop.
verb (slubs, slubbing, slubbed) [with object]
Twist (wool) in preparation for spinning.The slubbing billy came into use by the 1790s and looked very similar to an early spinning jenny....
- It removes empty cans from drawing and slubbing machines and places them in position for reuse at carding machines.
- Spinning frames draw these slubbing or condensing out to the required fineness of yarn and insert twist to form the yarn.
Origin
Late 18th century: of unknown origin.