Domet

Imitation flannel made from a cotton warp and a wool or cotton-wool weft, finished with a raised surface on both sides and used for linings, skirtings, and pyjamas, having an approximate mass per unit area of 84 gm-2.

Domett

Imitation flannel made from a cotton warp and a wool or cotton-wool weft, finished with a raised surface on both sides and used for linings, skirtings, and pyjamas, having an approximate mass per unit area of 84 gm-2.

Donegal

A plain-weave fabric woven from woollen-spun yarns characterized by a random distribution of brightly coloured flecks or slubs. It was originally produced as a coarse woollen suiting in County Donegal.

Dope

A solution of fibre-forming polymer as prepared for extrusion through a spinneret.
Note: A spinning solution is often referred to as 'dope', a term historically associated with the use of cellulose ethanoate (cellulose acetate) solutions as varnishes.

Dope-dyed

A method of colouring manufactured fibres by incorporation of the colorant in the spinning composition before extrusion into filaments.

Dosuti

A Hindi word, which literally means 'two threads', used to describe the operation of combining two threads together at a winding machine, in which case the operation is known as 'dosuti winding'. When applied to fabric, it means that two warp ends are working in pairs and that two weft threads are placed in the same shed. (See also assembly winding.)

Dotted Swiss

A sheer cotton or cotton blend fabric with small dot motif dotted swiss is used for dress goods curtains baby clothes etc. © 2001 Celanese Acetate LLC

Double

To combine by twisting together two or more single yarns to form a folded yarn.

Double (yarn)

To combine by twisting together two or more single yarns to form a fold

Double Back

A secondary backing glued to the back of carpet usually to increase dimensional stability.

Double bowdouble cloth, woven

A compound fabric in which the two component fabrics are held together by one of the following:
(i) centre-stitching, in which a special series of stitching threads, lying between the two fabrics, are interlaced alternately with them and thus bind them together;
(ii) self-stitching, in which threads from one fabric interlace with the other (e.g., by taking a back warp thread over a face weft thread);
(iii) interchanging, in which the two fabrics are so woven as to interchange with each other. In some cases, the fabrics are completely interchanged whereas in others only the warp or weft threads interchange.

Double braided rope

A rope in which a number of strands are plaited to form a core and around which are plaited further strands to form a sheath. The core lies coaxially within the sheath.(sub category of rope)

Double cylinder knitting machine

A circular weft-knitting machine with two cylinders, one superimposed above the other. It is equipped with one set of double-ended needles that can be caused to knit in either cylinder as required to make plain, rib, or purl structures. This arrangement is commonly used in hosiery knitting machines and garment-length knitting machines. (See also knitting machine.)

Double end

Two ends inadvertently running on to one spindle during spinning operations. This is usually caused by the breakage of one end followed by its subsequent entanglement with an adjacent end after which the two continue to run in married form.

Double end (defect)

1. See spinners' double.
2. Two ends unintentionally weaving as one. The fault may appear as a line down the length of fabric.