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of textile terms in spinning, weaving, processing and garmenting fields. The book is luc
meant for all textile related personae, especially for textile students, textile processors and my
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garmenting technicians. It will be an asset for merchandisers and buying offices for quick el
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reference. Care has been taken to explain and include all technical terms, in short, giving IIp
all necessary points. It is a handy reference book for students as well as the faculty. Ia
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Mathews Kolanjikombil is a BSc in Chemistry and a BSc (Tech) in textile chemistry from ic
Bombay University of Chemical Technology (BUDCT), now known as ICT (Institute of D
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experience in India and abroad in both woven and knitted processing. He has served in io
various positions in Binny Ltd., Ram Kumar Mills Ltd., Shahi Exports Ltd. (India), Thika n
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Cloth Mills (Kenya). He has been the head of many new projects like Kuruvita Manchester r
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Textile Mills Ltd. (Sri Lanka), Robintex Ltd. (Bangladesh), Teaktex Ltd. (Kerala, India),
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Hanung Toys and Textiles (Uttarakhand, India), Shahi Exports (P) Ltd. (Karnataka, India). f
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Encyclopaedic Dictionary
of Textile Terms
Encyclopaedic Dictionary
of Textile Terms
Volume III
Mathews Kolanjikombil
Senior Textile Processing Technologist
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New Delhi
Published by Woodhead Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
Woodhead Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.,
303, Vardaan House, 7/28, Ansari Road,
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First published 2018, Woodhead Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
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Contents
Preface vii
Volume I
1. A 1
2. B 99
3. C 222
Volume II
4. D 409
5. E 511
6. F 552
7. G 659
8. H 704
9. I 761
10. J 794
Volume III
11. K 811
12. L 834
13. M 889
14. N 975
15. O 1006
16. P 1034
17. Q 1160
18. R 1165
Volume IV
19. S 1227
20. T 1405
21. U 1494
22. V 1507
23. W 1532
24. X 1586
25. Y 1588
26. Z 1605
Preface
It has been told the first thing that a business man should know, is—the little
things of his business. This book is meant for textile personae, be it a textile
student, textile chemist, a spinner, a weaver, garment maker or a merchandiser
who may be an expert in his/her field but he/she may come across many terms
in his/her day to day business which he/she is not familiar with but is related
to his/her field which he/she should know, but nine times out of ten does not
know. He/She may not have an expert in that field of that term near him/her to
clear his doubt about that term. This book comes handy in such circumstances.
There is nothing scholarly in this book, but is a compilation of short easy
understandable meanings of the textile terms enough to help the referrer to
understand the term. I have come across dictionaries which gives the meaning
of the textile terms in one sentence. But it may not be sufficient to give a
full idea about it. But this book is a little different. The meaning of the terms
is explained in a concise manner even with the help of diagrams or photos,
wherever necessary, which is enough to clear his/her doubts. These terms and
meanings have been collected right from my college days and throughout my
career. I believe it is not complete, but, such as it is, the compilation is reliable.
There are further terms which are being collected by the author which will be
added in the next edition, probably. The author believes that he has produced
a book which may be profitably consulted by all who are either interested or
practically engaged in textile trade.
It has to be specially mentioned that students can use the present book
as a reference guide for his/her immediate needs without going to many
textbooks. For detailed study of any terms he/she can further refer to books
specialized in that field. I may not suggest this book for a research student.
The author has also tried to explain the construction of many fabrics new or
old for general knowledge.
Hope this book will be greatly accepted by textile personnel. Any
suggestions or corrections are welcome, which will be included in the next
editions.
Mathews Kolanjikombil
Senior Textile Processing Technologist
Bangalore
Dedication
This book is dedicated
to my Father (Thomas
Abraham) and my
Mother (Thankamma
Abraham) who solely
made me what I am
today.
