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Definition of Fabrics
1. fabric [n] - See also: fabric
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabrics
Literary usage of Fabrics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Historic Ornament, Treating Upon the Evolution, Tradition, and by Richard Glazier (1906)
"The utility, universality, construction, texture, ornamentation, and colour of
textile fabrics are full of interest and suggestiveness, ..."
2. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight, United States Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1878 (1880)
"Mixed cotton fabrics. Cotton velvet. Cotton ribbons nnrt tapes. CLASS 31. ...
Linen fabrics mixed with cotton or silk. fabrics made from vegetable ..."
3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"Bombay fabrics. Indian silk- weaving in Burma and Assam ; in Bengal, ... In Madras,
the fine fabrics maintain their ground better, although the trade is ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Weaving, therefore, only embraces one section of the textile industry, for felted,
plaited, netted, hosiery and lace fabrics lie outside this definition. ..."
5. Art in Industry by Charles Russell Richards (1922)
"FIGURED PILE fabrics Pile fabrics differ from other fabrics in having a nap of
threads, either loops or free ends, emerging above the regular cloth ..."