Cable
| To twist together two or more folded yarns. |
Cable cord
| A cord consisting of three case cords that have been over-twisted and are then twisted together in the reverse direction. The smaller sizes are often referred to as 'lacing cords' and the larger sizes, traditionally over 6mm diameter, as 'French crepe cord'. |
Cable laid rope
| A rope formed by three or more ropes twisted to form a helix around the same central axis. The ropes that become the secondary strands are 'S' lay and the finished cable is 'Z' lay or vice versa |
Cable stitch
| Two or more groups of adjacent ales that pass under and over one another to give a cabled effect. |
Cabled yarn
| Two or more folded yarns twisted together in one or more operations. Combinations of folded yarn(s) and single yarn(s) may be described as cabled yarns.In the tyre-yarn and tyre-cord sections of the textile industry.continuous-filament, |
Caftan
| Also known as kaftan (kàf¹tàn´, -ten, kàf-tàn¹) noun A full-length garment with elbow-length or long sleeves, worn chiefly in eastern Mediterranean countries. A westernized version of this garment consisting of a loose, usually brightly colored waist-length or ankle-length tunic. |
Cake sizing
| The application of size to yarn wound in the form of a cake. |
Calender
| A machine in which heavy rollers (bowls) rotate in contact under mechanical or hydraulic pressure. The bowls may be unheated, or one may be a thick-walled steel shell heated internally. All bowls may rotate at the same surface speed, or one highly polished and heated bowl may rotate at a higher surface speed than the rest. In certain specialized machines, e.g., those for knitted goods, two adjacent bowls may be heated, or, in the case of a laundry calender, one roller may work against a steam chest shaped to the curvature of the roller. flatten it, to close the calender. |
Calender bonding
| A method of making a thermally-bonded nonwoven fabric in which calender rollers are used to apply heat and pressure to a fibreweb orbatt, thus causing bonding by the softening ormelting of the heat-sensitive material. Embossed calender rollers are in common use for point bonding. |
Calico
| A generic term for plain cotton fabric heavier than muslin. |
call option
| Gives the purchaser the right to buy the underlying futures contract at the strike price up to expiration. |
Cambric
| A light-weight, closely woven plain fabric usually given a slight stiffening. |
Camisole
| A woman wear having spaggetti straps at shoulders identical to tank tops |
Camouflage
| Fabric or a garment dyed in splotches of green, brown, tan, and black so as to make the wearer indistinguishable from the surrounding environment. |
Canton crepe
| (kàn¹tòn´ krAp) nounA soft, silk or rayon fabric with a finely crinkled texture, similar to but heavier than crêpe de Chine. |