Bar-filling (weft knitting)

The operation of placing rib borders or other knitted garment pieces, individually or in succession. one on top of another on to a point bar on a needle loop-to-point basis. It is a preparatory operation to facilitate the transfer of single knitted pieces from the point bar either to separate transfer bars or to the individual needle bars of a straight-bar plain machine.

Barathea

A fabric of pebbled appearance, usually of twilled hopsack or broken-rib weave, made of silk, worsted, or manufactured fibres, and used for a variety of clothing purposes.

Bare cloth

1. A fabric with bad cover.
2. A fabric, the surface of which is not raised, brushed, or napped to the required degree.

Bark

An open-topped vessel used to hold treating liquors, e.g. wash or dye liquor. (See also bowl 3 and vat 1.)

Bark

An open-topped vessel used to hold treating liquors, e.g. wash or dye liquor. (See also bowl 3 and vat 1.)

Barking

The removal of bark from wood prior to pulping.

Barmen lace

Narrow lace made on a type of braiding machine, on which individual carrier movements are controlled by a pattering mechanism.

Barmen machine

A braiding machine in which threads on king bobbin is placed on carriers are plaited with each other, and sometimes with warp threads. A jacquard controls the paths of the carriers in accordance with the requirements of the pattern.

Barr'e (fault)

1. Unwanted stripes in woven fabrics, in the direction of the weft.
2. A fault in a weft-knitted fabric (usually knitted on a multifeeder machine) appearing as light or dark coursewise stripe(s) and arising from differences in lustre, dye affinity (or unlevel dyeing) in the yarn, yarn spacing or loop length, yarn linear density or defective plating. The fault when it occurs as a single defect in one course or one group of courses is termed a 'bar'.

Barr; harry (weaving)

Descriptive of a fabric containing bars (see bar (woven fabric)).

Barras; bessen

A coarse linen fabric similar to sackcloth; originally produced in Holland.

Barre

A defect characterized by bars or streaks fillingwise in woven fabrics or coursewise in weft-knit fabrics caused by uneven tension in knitting defective yarn improper needle action or other similar factors.

Barring-on (weft knitting)

1. The operation of placing the point bar in position and pushing the rib borders, or other knitted pieces, off the points on to the needles of a straight-bar machine.
2. The introduction of a point bar for the commencement of a welt.

Bars (lace)

Connecting bars (or legs) used to join the objects in certain styles of lace where there is no net ground.

Base Fabric

In coated fabrics the underlying substrate (q.v.).