Definition of Basket weave

1. Noun. A cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket.

Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basket Weave

basket case
basket cases
basket cell
basket fern
basket fish
basket flower
basket hilt
basket house
basket oak
basket rummy
basket spikemoss
basket star
basket stars
basket toss
basket tosses
basket weave (current term)
basket willow
basket work
basketane
basketball
basketball backboard
basketball clinic
basketball coach
basketball court
basketball courts
basketball equipment
basketball game
basketball hoop
basketball hoops
basketball league

Literary usage of Basket weave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"13 Enlarged Section of 3 x 3 Basket-Weave Cloth Fig. 14 Enlarged Section of 5 x 5 Basket-Weave Cloth weave and Fig. 14 one of a 5 X 5 basket weave. ..."

2. Dressmaking: A Manual for Schools and Colleges by Jane Fales (1917)
"The basket weave is found in cotton materials, such as monk's cloth; in wools and linens, ... In the simplest basket weave only two harnesses are necessary, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"13 ENLARGED SECTION OF 3 X 3 BASKET—WEAVE CLOTH FIG. ... 14 one of a 5 X 5 basket weave. In order to make it clear to those unfamiliar with the ..."

4. Textiles and Clothing by Ellen Beers McGowan, Charlotte Augusta Waite, A. (1919)
"Variations of this plain weave are the rib weave and the basket weave. ... In the basket weave, two or more warp threads are crossed by two or more filling ..."

5. Peruvian Fabrics by Morris De Camp Crawford (1916)
"It will be observed that just below and above the white square-containing the design there is a broad band of red which ends where the basket weave begins. ..."

6. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Mastic Cloth—'Embroidery canvas woven in alternate wide stripes of basket weave in cotton and waste silk satin. ' Mastodon—Commercial variety of short ..."

7. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"14 White i 3и» 1 4 Rose l-30s basket weave. It White 1 -30s. ... basket weave. 47 Finish for madras: Run through washer, cylinder (to dry cloth), ..."

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