Pile (textile)

The yellow yarn is the pile and the horizontal and vertical yarns are the warp and the weft

Pile is the raised surface or nap of a fabric, consisting of upright loops or strands of yarn.[1] Examples of pile textiles are carpets, corduroy, velvet, plush, and Turkish towels.[2] The word is derived from Latin pilus for "hair".[3]

  1. ^ "Pile." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.
  2. ^ "pile", Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Pile," Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. retrieved from dictionary.com 10 September 2007.

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