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2. Gauze - Wikipedia

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   Woven gauze is loosely woven, usually from cotton fibers, allowing absorption or wicking of exudate and other fluids. Gauze can be woven with fine or coarse mesh; coarse gauze is useful for medical debridement, while fine gauze is better for packing wounds. Woven gauze is less absorbent than non-woven, and may leave lint in a wound, especially ...

3. Chiffon (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Chiffon (French:; English: / ʃ ɪ ˈ f ɒ n /, shif-ON, from the French word chiffe which means "cloth or rag"; [1] is a lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns. [2] [3] Crepe yarn tends to have a tighter twist than standard yarns. [1]

4. Cheesecloth - Wikipedia

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   Cheesecloth is a loose-woven gauze-like carded cotton cloth used primarily in cheesemaking and cooking. [1] The fabric has holes large enough to quickly allow liquids (like whey) to percolate through the fabric, but small enough to retain solids like cheese curds. [2]

5. Leno weave - Wikipedia

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   Basic leno weave. Leno weave (also called gauze weave or cross weave) [1] is a weave in which two warp yarns are woven around the weft yarns to provide a strong yet sheer fabric. . The standard warp yarn is paired with a skeleton or 'doup' yarn; these twisted warp yarns grip tightly to the weft which causes the durability of the fabr

6. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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7. Seersucker - Wikipedia

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   Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar , literally meaning "milk and sugar", from the gritty texture ("sugar") on the otherwise ...