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  1. Textile | Description, Industry, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 8, 2025 · Textile, any filament, fiber, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning ’to weave,’ …

  2. Textile Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    Britannica Dictionary definition of TEXTILE 1 [count] : fabric, cloth especially : a fabric that is woven or knit

  3. textile - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    The word textile commonly means woven or knitted cloth. Lace, felt, and many other kinds of cloth are considered textiles, too. Even nets, rope, and yarn may be called…

  4. textile summary | Britannica

    textile, Any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself.

  5. Textile - Manufacturing, Fibers, Processes | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · The modern textile industry is still closely related to the apparel industry, but production of fabrics for industrial use has gained in importance. The resulting wide range of end uses demands a …

  6. textile - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

    Today textile has become a generic term for all fiber materials, whether made by weaving, knitting, bonding, laminating, felting, or other processes. It can even refer to paperlike materials, but it …

  7. Textile - Printing, Dyeing, Weaving | Britannica

    Dec 8, 2025 · Textile - Printing, Dyeing, Weaving: Printing is a process of decorating textile fabrics by application of pigments, dyes, or other related materials in the form of patterns. Although apparently …

  8. Loom | Handweaving, Textiles, Tapestry | Britannica

    textile, any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself. The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning “to weave,” and it originally …

  9. Textile - Finishing, Dyeing, Printing | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Textile - Finishing, Dyeing, Printing: The term finishing includes all the mechanical and chemical processes employed commercially to improve the acceptability of the product, except those …

  10. Textile - Weaving, Looms, Yarns | Britannica

    Dec 8, 2025 · Textile - Weaving, Looms, Yarns: Woven cloth is normally much longer in one direction than the other. The lengthwise threads are called the warp, and the other threads, which are …