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Glossary

What is Terry weave?

A woven fabric structure that uses an extra pile warp beam, fed more loosely than the ground warp, so it rises into loops on the fabric surface for absorbency, instead of lying flat like a plain weave.

This term in other languages

Arabicنسيج التيري
FrenchTissage éponge (terry)
TurkishHavlu (terry) dokuma

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What makes a terry or towel product different from cut-and-sew apparel

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