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 Clothes Dictionary 
 
Copyrighted 1901 
 By Cahn, Wampold & Co 
 
 CHICAGO 
 
The Gist-of-Things Library Vol. II 
 
 CLOTHES 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 Quickly stated definitions gleaned from 
 technical dictionaries and other books, 
 and that current trade lingo that no 
 book has yet set forth. 
 
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Preface 
 
 'T'HE first thing that a 
 
 business man should 
 know, is — the little things of his 
 business. 
 
 There is nothing scholarly in 
 this book of short easy helps 
 to that which every clothing 
 maker, buyer, seller and handler 
 should know, but nine times 
 out of ten does not know. 
 
 This is only a book intended 
 for quick reference rather than 
 thoroughness; it is not even 
 complete; but, such as it is, 
 the compilation is reliable. Go 
 to the encyclopedia for 
 exhaustiveness: weVe 
 accomplished a great deal if this 
 sends you to the encyclopedia. 
 Not one of us knows as much 
 as we might upon the familiar 
 aspects of our trade. 
 
 The Editor. 
 
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 Acid Test — A general term employed to 
 designate a means of determining the 
 quality of anything, fabrics for instance ; 
 as boiling a piece of suspected cloth in 
 a solution of potash, in which the wool 
 or silk is consumed, but any cotton 
 therein remains ; testing the color of 
 indigo with a mixture of acetic and 
 sulphuric acids ; etc. For more 
 exhaustive explanations see any good 
 encyclopedia. 
 
 Agraffe — An ornamental clasp, loop or 
 lock. 
 
 Albert — See Prince Albert. 
 
 Albert Cloth — Reversible all-wool 
 
 materials, each side of different colors, 
 and so finished that no lining is 
 required ; used chiefly for overcoats ; 
 better known as "golf cloth," "plaid-back 
 coverts," etc. 
 
 Alizarine — An absolutely fast color dye 
 substance, formerly obtained from 
 madder root, but now in large quantities 
 from anthracene, a coal-tar product. 
 
 Alpaca — A thin, glistening, double-fold 
 fabric, with a fine cotton warp ; made 
 from the curly hair of an animal of the 
 camel tribe, found in South America. 
 
 Armure — A cloth woven in miniature 
 imitation of feudal metal armor plates, 
 
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H 
 
 heraldic devices, diamonds, birdseye and 
 seeded effects. 
 Astrakhan — A woolen or silk material 
 with a long and closely curled pile in 
 imitation of the fur. 
 
 B 
 
 Backed Cloth — Worsteds or other fabrics 
 which are woven with an extra layer of 
 warp or filling underneath the face 
 fabric, usually for increased weight and 
 bulk. 
 
 Backshop — A tailor's workshop. 
 
 Bannockburn — A sort of tweed. 
 
 Barrackan — In Mediterranean countries a 
 camel's-hair cloth for men's wear ; in 
 England a sort of moleskin. Also 
 spelled barragon. 
 
 Basket Weave — Cloth woven in imitation 
 of basket work. 
 
 Bastard — Any fabric woven in imitation 
 of better and more expensive. 
 
 Bath Robe — A long gown for wear 
 between bath room and dressing room. 
 
 Batting — Cotton or wool prepared in sheets 
 for quilting or interlining ; see padding, 
 
 Beaver — Similar to Kersey, but with 
 longer nap ; soft, thick nap inside. 
 
 Beau — A man devoted to the care and 
 adornment of his person and to matters 
 of social etiquette ; a dandy ; a fop. 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 Beaverteen — A sort of heavy cotton terry 
 
 cloth used for men's hunting garments. 
 Bedford Cord — A close-woven woolen 
 
 cloth, having a raised corded surface, 
 
 similar to pique. 
 Belt — A strap or band worn around the 
 
 waist. 
 Belt Straps — Loops or straps sewn at 
 
 intervals around the waist of trousers, 
 
 for the insertion and the holding in 
 
 place of a belt, the object being to 
 
 dispense with suspenders. 
 Bias — Diagonally. 
 Bishop — Trade term for extra length 
 
 overcoats for tall men. 
 Blazer — A light summer coat, most 
 
 frequently of flannel and in bright 
 
 colors. 
 Blind-Eye — A practically indistinguishable 
 
 loop, hand made of thread. 
 Blood — A gallant. 
 Blouse — A sort of loose overshirt or 
 
 jacket. 
 Body Coat — A dress coat ; a close-fitting 
 
 coat ; a livery coat. 
 Boucle — A loosely woven fabric with a 
 
 curly hair surface, frequently made with 
 
 jersey or stockinet body. 
 Bourette — An effect of weaving produced 
 
 by fancy yarns showing in lumps at 
 
 intervals over the face of the cloth. 
 Bournous — A long woolen cloak, with 
 
 hood, worn by men in the Orient. 
 
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 BowLEGGED — Parenthetical. 
 
 BoxcLOTH — Similar to Pilot cloth, thick 
 
 and fulled, with Kersey face. 
 Box Coat — A short, loose-fitting topcoat; 
 
 coachman's driving coat. 
 Braid — A narrow band or tape made of 
 
 plaited silk, wool or cotton ; of various 
 
 patterns. 
 Brandenburgs — Long, narrow, ornamental 
 
 buttons, of silk or wool, on a wooden 
 
 mold ; used chiefly on military overcoats. 
 Breeches — Knee trousers. 
 Brilliantine — See Mohair. 
 Broadcloth — A very fine woolen cloth 
 
 with a glossy finished surface, the better 
 
 grades being made with a twilled back. 
 Broadfalls — See "front falls." 
 Buck — A dandy. 
 Buckle — A fastening device. 
 Buckram — A coarse, heavy, plain-woven 
 
 linen or cotton material used for 
 
 stiffening. 
 Buckskin — A stout doeskin with a more 
 
 defined twill. 
 Bushelman — A tailor or workman who 
 
 does alteration and repair work. 
 Butternut — The coarse brown homespun 
 
 cloths and jeans woven prior to the 
 
 civil war. Colored brown with dye 
 
 from the butternut tree. 
 Button — A catch of various forms and 
 
 materials for fastening the various parts 
 
 of a garment. See encyclopedia. 
 
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D ICTIONARY 
 
 Camelshair — An extremely soft and silky 
 fabric usually woven like cheviot. 
 
 Canonicals — Clergymen's official clothing, 
 as prescribed by canon. 
 
 Canton Flannel — A stout twilled cotton 
 cloth with a nap on one or both sides. 
 
 Canvas — A heavy linen or cotton cloth of 
 plain weave. 
 
 Cape — Circular covering for the shoulders ; 
 the inside yoke of a coat. 
 
 Cape Coat — An overcoat with a cape and 
 with or without sleeves. See Inverness. 
 
 Cardigan Jacket — A close fitting ribbed 
 woolen or worsted body jacket, with or 
 without sleeves. 
 
 Card — To comb out or dress. 
 
 Carding — The process of opening up the 
 fibre of wool, flax, hemp, silk, etc., for 
 the purpose of cleaning them of foreign 
 matter and rendering the material fine 
 and soft preparatory to spinning it into 
 yarn. 
 
 Cassimere — A general term for all-wool 
 fabrics woven either plain or twilled, 
 coarse or fine, of "woolen" yarn. The 
 pattern is always woven in plain and 
 distinct, and the cloth is never napped. 
 
 Cassock — A long clerical coat ; a military 
 cloak. 
 
 Castor Beaver — A heavy, milled, 
 
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 face-finished, all-wool cloth, a little 
 
 lighter in weight than ordinary beaver. 
 Check — A small plaid design made by 
 
 different colors, crossing at right angles. 
 Chesterfield — A single-breasted, fly-front 
 
 overcoat, of medium length, plain back ; 
 
 also a cutaway frock coat for stout men, 
 
 with four buttons, the top one only used. 
 Cheviot — A twill-woven, rough-finished 
 
 woolen fabric. 
 Chevron — In weaving, a pattern 
 
 characterized by zigzag lines or stripes ; 
 
 herringbone. 
 Chinchilla — A thick, heavy, double 
 
 woven fabric, with a long napped surface 
 
 "Curled up into little tufts in imitation of 
 
 Chinchilla fur. 
 Chin-Latch — A small placket for closing 
 
 the aperture of a turned-up coat collar. 
 Clan Tartan — The plaids of the various 
 
 highland clans of Scotland. 
 Clawhammer — See full dress. 
 Clay — A name given to serges, worsteds 
 
 and diagonals woven after the process of 
 
 J. & B. Clay, of Huddersfield, England. 
 Clerk — An absolutely impeccable 
 
 individual. 
 Clothier — One who sells ready-to-wear 
 
 clothing. 
 Coat — The principal garment of men's 
 
 attire. 
 Coating — Those woolen and worsted 
 
 fabrics most particularly adapted to 
 
DICTIONARY 
 
 men's dress and overcoats. 
 
 Collar — The neckband of a coat ; a 
 detachable linen neckpiece, etc. 
 
 Color Test — General term for the various 
 means of determining the purity or 
 fastness of colors, which may be by 
 means of exposure, washing, chemical 
 processes, etc. See encyclopedia. 
 
 Combing — The process of arranging the 
 fibers of wool, mohair, silk, cotton, etc., 
 into a parallel condition and of equal 
 length, preparatory to spinning into a 
 smooth, even and regular yarn ; the 
 perfected application of the carding 
 principle. 
 
 Cope — An ecclesiastical vestment of silk 
 or brocade. 
 
 Corduroy — A thick cotton pile material, 
 corded or ribbed on the surface. 
 
 Corkscrew Worsted — So called from its 
 fancied resemblance to the twists of the 
 corkscrew. 
 
 Cotton Test — See Acid Test. There are 
 also microscopic and other tests. See 
 encyclopedia. 
 
 Cotton Worsted — All cotton or part 
 cotton worsted-wove cloth. 
 
 CoTTONADE — Stout cotton cloth in imitation 
 of woolen or worsted trousering. 
 
 Count — In spinning, the number given to 
 any thread or yarn (except silk) to 
 indicate its relative fineness, based on 
 the number of yards required to weigh 
 
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 one pound. 
 Counting Glass — A magnifying glass with 
 
 an aperture of defined size, which is a 
 
 multiple for counting the number of 
 
 threads to the inch or other unit. 
 Covert — A twill-woven woolen cloth, 
 
 sometimes with fulled face, sometimes 
 
 sheared to imitate whipcord ; 
 
 a short top coat. 
 CowES Coat — See Dinner Jacket. 
 Coxcomb — A pretentious, conceited dandy. 
 Crape — See Crepe. 
 Crape Cloth — A stout worsted fabric with 
 
 surface in imitation of silk crepe ; most 
 
 used for dress coats. 
 Crash — A strong, coarse linen cloth. ' 
 Cravat — A necktie or scarf. 
 Cravenette — Cloths treated and finished 
 
 before weaving by an improved process 
 
 which renders them rainproof — a secret 
 
 process owned by the Cravenette 
 
 Company and B, Priestley & Co. of 
 
 England and United States. 
 Crepe — A light weight silk, silk-and-wool, 
 
 or all-wool cloth of slightly irregular 
 
 weave. 
 Crotch — Juncture of the two halves of a 
 
 trouser. 
 Crowsfeet — A three-pointed embroidery 
 
 stitch, sometimes used in finishing 
 
 pockets. 
 Cummerbund — A broad sash. 
 Cutaway (Frock) — A single-breasted coat 
 
DICTIONARY 
 
 with Prince Albert back, the skirts of 
 which are cut away in front from waist 
 line to bottom of skirts behind. 
 Cutter — In tailoring, a designer of 
 garments. See Designer. 
 
 D 
 
 Damier — Large, square checks. 
 Dandy — A beau ; not quite a dude. 
 Deltoid Muscle — The pons asinonim of 
 
 tailoring. 
 Designer — One who conceives and makes 
 
 patterns for garments. See Cutter. 
 Diagonal — A worsted cloth with prominent 
 
 diagonal ridges. 
 Dinner Jacket — An informal dres5 coat 
 
 without tails, somewhat like a sack, for 
 
 dinner wear, men's evening parties, but 
 
 not where ladies are present, as at balls, 
 
 operas, etc. Also called Cowes Coat 
 
 and Tuxedo. 
 Doeskin — A compact twilled woolen, soft 
 
 and pliable. 
 Dog-Rabbiting — See Piecing-out. 
 Double Cloth — Two single cloths woven 
 
 in one structure. 
 Doublet — A sort of jacket; 15th to 17th 
 
 century. 
 Drap — French word for cloth ; seldom 
 
 applied to cotton fabrics. 
 Drap d'Alma — A fine, close, flat-ribbed 
 
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 twilled fabric of wool, or silk and wool, 
 
 finished on but one side. 
 Drap d'Ete — A fine, light worsted fabric, 
 
 woven in longitudinal cords. 
 Draper — A dealer in cloths ; also a 
 
 clothier, haberdasher or dry goods 
 
 merchant. 
 Drawers — Undertrousers. 
 Dress — Indicating the manner in which a 
 
 man disposes himself in his trousers ; 
 
 as right and left dress. 
 Dress Coat — See Full Dress, 
 Drilling — General term for various 
 
 twilled cotton stuffs used for lining. 
 
 Sometimes called "drill." 
 Driving Coat — A coat designed for 
 
 protection or "style" when driving. 
 
 A "duster." 
 Duck — A sort of fine, firm canvas. 
 Dude — Indescribable. 
 Duster — A light overcoat of linen, mohair 
 
 or other thin fabric, once extensively 
 
 worn when traveling or driving. 
 Dyeing — The art and operation of coloring 
 
 textile fabrics by immersion in a 
 
 properly prepared bath ; dyes are chiefly 
 
 vegetable or aniline. See encyclopedia. 
 
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 Ell — I % yards. 
 
 Elvsian — Overcoat cloth something like 
 
D ICTIONARY 
 
 but rougher than Chinchilla, straight 
 
 hair. 
 Epaulettes — Shoulder-straps. 
 EsTAMENE — Similar to Serge, but having a 
 
 rough, nappy face resembling cheviot. 
 Etamine — A light woolen cloth similar to 
 
 Batiste and Nun's Cloth. 
 Eton Jacket — A scant sack coat worn by 
 
 students at Eton. 
 Evening Dress — See Full Dress. 
 
 Faille Francaise — A soft, lustrous silk 
 
 fabric of wider cord than grosgrain, but 
 
 narrower than ottoman. 
 Farmer Satin — A lining of cotton chain 
 
 and wool filling, finished with high 
 
 lustre. Also called Italian cloth. 
 Fast Color — Applied to colors supposed 
 
 not to fade in washing or through 
 
 exposure. 
 Fearnought — A heavy filled woolen fabric 
 
 used for sailors' overcoats and clothing ; 
 
 sometimes called dreadnought. 
 Fell — To turn in a seam. 
 Felt — A cloth of wool, hair, fur, etc., not 
 
 woven, but matted together. 
 Filibeg — The Highland kilt. 
 Filling — The woof or weft threads of a 
 
 woven fabric. 
 Flannel — A soft, light-weight woolen 
 
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 fabric of which the yarn is but slightly 
 
 twisted. 
 Flannelette — A half-cotton or all-cotton 
 
 flannel-like fabric. 
 Flap — A limber hanging part. 
 Flap Pad — See pad and looney. 
 Flat Bound — Bound with flat braid. 
 Flock — Finely powdered woolen waste 
 
 used in finishing cheap woolens. 
 Fly — The front opening of a coat or 
 
 trousers, so made that the buttons do not 
 
 show through the outer face. 
 Fop — Cross between dandy and dude. 
 French Back — A false back worn to a 
 
 worsted-face fabric. 
 French Facing — The inside facing of a 
 
 coat, extending around the armholes. 
 French Seams — First sewed out the wrong 
 
 way and then turned in the right way 
 Frieze — A thick, shaggy, heavy nap woolen 
 
 overcoat cloth. 
 Frock Coat — Properly the Prince Albert 
 
 coat ; also the cutaway. 
 Frog — Ornamental braided loop-and-button. 
 Front Falls — Trousers, not made with a 
 
 single fly opening, but with a wide front 
 
 flap, buttoning on both sides. 
 Full Box — Trade term for a very loose 
 
 effect in overcoats. 
 Full-Dress — Black "claw-hammer" coat, 
 
 low cut vest and trousers to match. 
 Fulled — Made thicker and more compact 
 
 by shrinking. 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 Fur Beaver — A long-napped cloth 
 imitating fur. 
 
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 Gigging — Giving a nap to woolen cloths, 
 
 such as broadcloth, beaver, chinchilla, 
 
 melton, etc. 
 Golf Coat — A red flannel coat for golf 
 
 playing, single breasted sack style. 
 Goose — A tailor's iron. 
 Gore — A triangular piece of cloth let into 
 
 a garment ; a gusset. 
 Great Coat — A heavy overcoat. 
 Grosgrain — A close-woven, finely ribbed 
 
 or corded silk fabric with but little 
 
 luster. 
 Guaranteed — See Warranted Clothing. 
 Guernsey — A close-fitting knitted woolen 
 
 shirt. 
 Gusset — See gore. 
 
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 Haberdasher — A dealer in men's 
 
 furnishings. 
 Haircloth — A lining woven of horsehair 
 
 for weft with cotton or linen warp. 
 Hairline — Very fine lines. 
 Havelock — The light covering, worn by 
 
 soldiers and tourists in hot countries. 
 
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 hanging from a cap, behind the neck. 
 Halflined — Term applied to garments 
 
 only partially lined and partially 
 
 "skeleton." 
 Hand-padded — Term referring to under- 
 
 collars, lapels and inside wadding worked 
 
 by hand instead of by machine. 
 Herringbone — A fishbone woven cloth. 
 HiGH-RisE — Term applied to trousers cut 
 
 high in the waist. 
 Hip Boots — Boots reaching to the hips. 
 Holland — A fine, stout, plain-woven 
 
 unbleached linen cloth, used for linings, 
 
 etc. 
 Homespun — Cloth woven at home on 
 
 hand-looms, or cloth made in imitation 
 
 of such cloth. 
 HopsACKiNG — A sort of home-spun 
 
 "in-and-out" woven fabric. 
 HousE-CoAT — A fancy lounging coat. 
 Hunting Coat — A short red cutaway; 
 
 English. 
 
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 Indigo — A deep blue dye obtained from 
 several plants of the genus Indigofera, 
 native of India and Asia and also found 
 in Africa and South America ; known 
 from most remote times. 
 
 Ingrain — Dyed in the yarn with fast 
 colors. 
 
DICTIONARY 
 
 Inseam — The inner seam of the leg of a 
 pair of trousers ; sometimes also called 
 the "crotch seam" ; the forearm of the 
 sleeve. 
 
 Interlining — Placed between the outer 
 fabric and lining for purpose of shape, 
 warmth, etc. 
 
 Inverness — A long, loose overcoat with 
 cape, without sleeves, for full dress wear. 
 
 Irish Linen — Full bleached, fine, plain 
 woven linen, used for shirts, collars and 
 cuffs ; usually 36 inches wide. 
 
 Italian Cloth — A wool or wool and cotton 
 lining material, satin finished face. 
 
 Ivory Nut — The seed of a Venezuela 
 palm ; when dry is very hard and 
 resembles finest natural ivory in color 
 and texture ; made into buttons, etc. 
 
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 Jacket — A short coat, usually not 
 
 extending to the knees. , 
 Jean — A twilled undressed cloth with 
 
 cotton warp and wool filling or 
 
 sometimes all cotton. 
 Jerkin — A sort of waist-coat. 
 Jersey — Woolen stockinet ; a sort of 
 
 sweater. 
 Jobber — One who purchases merchandise 
 
 in large lots and resells in smaller. 
 
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 Job Lot — Term applied to odd lots of 
 
 merchandise set apart for sale at a 
 
 reduced price. 
 Join-Up — The process of sewing the two 
 
 halves of the coat or trousers together. 
 Jour — Workshop abbreviation for 
 
 journeyman ; q. v. 
 Journeyman — A graduate apprentice ; a 
 
 working tailor. 
 JouRY — A local familiar name applied to 
 
 fellow jours. 
 Jumper — A workman's loose outerjacket or 
 
 blouse. 
 
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 Kaikai — A thin, cheap Japanese silk 
 
 fabric. 
 Kersey — A heavy, closely woven cloth 
 
 with a smooth face and glossy finish. 
 Kerseymere — A fine twilled woolen cloth 
 
 of peculiar texture, one thread of warp 
 
 and two of weft being always above. 
 Khaki — A light yellow-brown colored cloth 
 
 used for army service uniforms in hot 
 
 countries. 
 Kilts — A plaited skirt, like a Highlander's. 
 Knee Breeches — Knickerbockers. 
 Knickerbocker — In weaving an effect 
 
 produced by rough knotted yarns ; 
 
 similar to boucle and bourette. 
 Knickerbockers — Knee breeches. 
 
DICTIONARY 
 
 Knock-Kneed — Knees that turn inward 
 and rub against each other in walking. 
 
 Ladies-Cloth — A fine, wide flannel, 
 slightly napped ; similar to broadcloth. 
 
 Lap-Board — An oblong board, round at 
 the ends, laid on the lap of the workman, 
 upon which the seams and other parts of 
 the garment are pressed in the process 
 of making. 
 
 Lap Seams — Seams made by overlapping 
 or laying on, instead of turning in. 
 
 Lapel — The length of a dress-coat in 
 front, or from the gorge seam in front, 
 down to the waist seam ; the narrow 
 strip — square at the lower end and 
 angular at the upper end — which is 
 sewed to the front of double-breasted 
 coats ; the roll or "lay-over" of the front 
 of a coat. 
 
 Lapel-Seam — The seam caused by sewing 
 the back edge of the lapel strip to the 
 front edge of the fore part becomes the 
 "lapel-seam." 
 
 Lasting — A strong, closely woven double 
 twill worsted fabric, mostly used for 
 buttons and shoe tops. 
 
 Laventine — A thin silk used for sleeve 
 linings. 
 
 Left-Dress — See Dress. 
 
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 Leggin — A covering for the leg like a long 
 
 gaiter. A protector in cold or wet 
 
 weather or out-door sports. 
 Levantine — A stout twilled silk, each side 
 
 finished equally but of different colors. 
 Linen — General name for yarn spun and 
 
 cloth woven from the fiber of flax. 
 Lining — General term for materials used 
 
 for covering the inner side of a garment 
 
 or anything. In men's clothing usually 
 
 silk, Italian cloth, farmer's satin, serge, 
 
 silesia, brilliantine, etc. 
 Linsey-Woolsey — A stout flannel made 
 
 with linen warp and wool filling. 
 List — Selvedge. 
 
 Livery — The dress or uniform of servants. 
 Livery Cloth — See Boxcloth. 
 Logwood — The blue-black dye obtained 
 
 from the tree of that name. 
 Long Roll — Lapels pressed long and low 
 
 instead of high. 
 Longs — Trade term for ready-made 
 
 clothing cut to fit tall, thin men, 
 Looney — An oblong, flattened pad, used in 
 
 pressing and giving form to the collar, 
 
 lapels and shoulders of a coat. 
 Lounge Suit — A sack suit. 
 Lounging Robe — A long, loose house 
 
 gown. 
 Low-Necked — A garment is said to be 
 
 "low-necked" or "long-necked" when the 
 
 gorge in front is cut low. 
 Low-Shouldered — The extreme opposite 
 
DICTIONARY 
 
 of "high-shouldered." 
 LusTERiNG — Process for giving to woolen 
 
 cloth a smooth, glossy surface that will 
 
 not roughen in wear. 
 LusTRENE — A thin twilled cotton lining 
 
 material ; finished with high luster in 
 
 imitation of silk. 
 
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 Macaroni — Little better than a dude. 
 Mackintosh — A long, loose overcoat of 
 
 waterproof material ; for wear in stormy 
 
 weather. 
 Maco — Egyptian cotton. 
 Madder — A vegetable red dye. 
 Manipulated — Term applied to fabrics 
 
 which in weaving are mixed with some 
 
 inferior substance, as wool and cotton, 
 
 silk and cotton, etc. 
 Marseilles — A sort of figured pique. 
 Matelasse — A silk and wool or all-wool 
 
 brocade, usually employed for waistcoats. 
 Mauve — A reddish purple aniline dye. 
 Melange — A French word signifying 
 
 mixture. 
 Melton — A stout woolen cloth, fulled, 
 
 sheared and finished without a nap — like 
 
 Kersey but without the gloss. 
 Mercerized — A term applied to cotton 
 
 fabrics of which the yarn is chemically 
 
 treated and the fabric finished by a 
 
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 mechanical process, obtaining the 
 appearance and many of the qualities of 
 silk, more or less permanent. Named 
 after Mercer, discoverer of process. 
 
 Merchant — One who buys and sells 
 commercial commodities. 
 
 Merchant Tailor — See Tailor. 
 
 Merino — A thin woolen fabric made of the 
 fine wool of the Merino sheep, generally 
 used for ladies' wear, but also made into 
 vestings and underclothing for men's 
 wear. 
 
 Merveilleux — A twilled silk, of rather 
 soft texture, used for linings. 
 
 Mill Ends — Trade term referring to short 
 lengths, seconds, damaged pieces, etc., 
 that accumulate in mills and are usually 
 sold at a nominal price. 
 
 Milling — The process of fulling or 
 thickening cloth. 
 
 Misfit — The term is a terror to tailors. 
 
 Mixture — General term for any melange 
 weave or effect. 
 
 Mocado — The mock velvet of the sixteenth 
 and seventeenth centuries ; not now 
 made. 
 
 Mode — The prevailing fashion or custom ; 
 a sort of ecru or tan color. 
 
 Mohair — A light, thin, shiny fabric of 
 enormous durability ; from the wool of 
 the Angora goat, found in Asia. 
 
 Moire — The watered effect produced upon 
 silk, moreen, etc. 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 Moleskin — A medium heavy twilled cotton 
 cloth, napped inside and printed outside. 
 
 MoMiE — French for mummy. A cloth of 
 puckered or fluted appearance. 
 
 MoN key-Jacket — A short jacket cut 
 in the sack form, fitting close 
 to the waist and flaring out at the 
 bottom. , 
 
 MoNTAGNAC — A heavy napped cloth, a 
 portion of the nap being woolly lobs, the 
 rest straight napped. 
 
 Mosey — An under-jacket, usually made 
 of baize or flannel, and worn instead of 
 an undershirt, usually under the vest, 
 but over the shirt in cold weather, but in 
 moderate or warm weather as an outside 
 garment, and is also called a "wammus." 
 
 Moths — Pests that make business for the 
 clothier and tailor, or disaster, according 
 to where they work. 
 
 MuNGo — See Shoddy. 
 
 Muslin — A cotton fabric of various 
 classes and names, all as bleached, 
 unbleached, twilled, cambric, book, mull, 
 longcloth, silesia and a number of 
 others ; used extensively in tailoring for 
 linings and interlinings. 
 
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 Nail — 2% inches. 
 
 Nankeen — A peculiar fabric of a pale, 
 
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 Where They Fail 
 
 It is much to know fine 
 clothing from poor, to be a judge 
 of values, to buy with taste. But 
 all this is nothing to knowing 
 how to make quick sales. 
 
 The best part of this 
 knowledge is the ability to 
 estimate an advertising 
 proposition; some fall short, for 
 instance, of realizing the 
 immense value of the 
 manufacturer's unequivocal 
 warranty; its very broadness 
 may stagger. There was a time 
 when merchants held up their 
 hands in horror at the 
 suggestion of giving money back 
 as a regular rule of business. 
 
 It is well to remember that 
 the only warranted clothing is 
 Cahn-Wampold. 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 dull orange color, woven out 
 of the fibrous tissue which 
 lies between the epidermis and the 
 sapwood of a tree or shrub which grows 
 in the East Indies and especially in 
 China. The name is derived from the 
 imperial city of Nankin or from the tree 
 or shrub which yields the tissue. An 
 imitation is made out of cotton and 
 colored with aleutta. The genuine 
 nankin is never more than eighteen or 
 twenty inches wide, and is used generally 
 for light summer trousers or for 
 children's clothing. 
 
 Nap — The woolly surface of a fabric. 
 
 Nape — The starting point from which the 
 length and the shoulder measures are 
 taken for a coat. A vertebral 
 protuberance located on the back central 
 part of the neck at its junction with the 
 thorax or trunk. 
 
 Napier Cloth — A once-popular double-face 
 cloth for women's wraps, one side wool, 
 the other of hair. 
 
 Narrow Cloth — Trade term for fabrics 
 less than 29 inches wide ; wider cloths 
 called broad. 
 
 Narrow-Fall — A small flap closing the 
 opening in the front of trousers, with 
 two or three button holes at the top and 
 corresponding buttons sewed on the 
 waist-bands, to which it was buttoned. 
 See Front-Falls. 
 
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 Narrow-Bound — Very narrow binding, 
 
 distinguished from "medium-bound" or 
 
 "broad-bound." 
 Natte — French name for basket-weave 
 
 effects. 
 Neckcloth — Cravat. 
 Necktie — Correctly, a narrow band to be 
 
 tied in front. 
 Neckwear — General term for all sorts of 
 
 neck dressings. 
 Needle — They are of various kinds, known 
 
 among tailors as silk-needles, thread- 
 needles, button-needles, basting-needles, 
 
 etc., and these again are known as 
 
 sharps, blunts, betweens, etc. 
 Neglige — Easy and informal dress ; a 
 
 summer shirt. 
 Newmarket — A long, close-fitting overcoat 
 
 cut in the style of a frock coat ; a 
 
 surtout. 
 Noil — Knots and short bits of wool taken 
 
 from the long staple in combing; waste 
 
 silk. 
 Norfolk Jacket — A single breasted sack 
 
 coat having two or three box plaits in 
 
 back, two in front and a belt of material. 
 
 Most used for hunting and outdoor 
 
 sports. 
 Notch-Collar — The distinguishing collar 
 
 of sack coats. 
 Nun's Cloth — A soft, firm, clinging 
 
 woolen fabric, light and strong ; entire 
 
 suit weighs but thirty-two ounces on an 
 
 average. 
 
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 Oil-Boiled — Trade term for colors so 
 
 treated, to insure permanence. 
 Oiled Silk — The plain silk boiled in oil 
 
 and dried, becoming translucent and 
 
 waterproof ; largely used as a perspiration 
 
 guard. 
 Oilskin — Cotton or linen prepared with oil 
 
 to make it waterproof ; a "slicker." 
 Old Man's Frock — A one-buton cutaway 
 
 frock coat, cut rather full in front. 
 Ottoman — A stout, lustrous silk fabric of 
 
 heavier cord than faille. 
 Ounce — In woolen trade refers to the 
 
 weight of a yard of cloth. 
 Outing Cloth — A sort of gingham. 
 Outing Suit — A lightweight summer suit, 
 
 usually of flannel. 
 Outlet — Allowance in seams for 
 
 increasing size of garments. 
 Overalls — Loose-fitting over-trousers of 
 
 duck, denim, etc. 
 Overcoat — A coat worn over one's other 
 
 clothes ; a top coat ; a great coat. 
 Overcoating — Fabrics woven specially for 
 
 overcoats — i. e., covert, kersey, melton, 
 
 beaver, frieze, vicuna, whipcord, cheviot, 
 
 chinchilla, montagnac, Shetland, elysian, 
 
 thibet, etc. 
 OvERGAiTER — A cloth covcring for the 
 
 upper part of the foot ; "spats." 
 
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 OvERPLAiD — Apparently a larger plaid 
 
 woven on top of a smaller plaid or stripe 
 
 design. 
 OvERSACK — An overcoat. 
 OvERSHiRT — An outer or top shirt. 
 Oversleeve — Separate sleeves of almost 
 
 any material worn by bookkeepers, 
 
 clerks, etc., to protect shirt or coat 
 
 sleeves. 
 Oxford Mixture — A black-and-white 
 
 mixed effect of varying shades of 
 
 darkness. 
 
 Pad — A flat, compact cushion or mattress- 
 shaped implement laid upon the 
 lap-board or any other press-board 
 and used in "pressing-off" and giving 
 form and finish to a garment. Its 
 elasticity accommodates it to any 
 inequalities of the garment and therefore 
 the whole surface is reached by the 
 pressure of the iron and made smoother 
 and solider than it could be without 
 its use. See looney. 
 
 Padding — Felt, cotton or wool used for 
 giving shape to garments. 
 
 Paddock — A rather long, slightly form- 
 fitting overcoat, somewhat similar to 
 the Newmarket. 
 
 Pajamas — Loose trousers and blouse of 
 
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 thin material, worn for sleeping or 
 
 lounging. 
 Paletot — A long, loose overcoat. 
 Paneled Back — The inside back of a 
 
 coat made with broad facings of the 
 
 goods around seams and edges, and 
 
 filled in with (panels of) silk or other 
 
 lining. 
 Pantaloons — Tight-fitting trousers 
 
 buttoned at the ankles. 
 Panting — Cloth suitable for trousers. 
 Paring-Off — The process of paring-off 
 
 the surplus cloth along the margin of 
 
 a garment, when the edges are made 
 
 raw. 
 Paring-Shears — Shears or scissors made 
 
 expressly for paring the edges of 
 
 garments. 
 Paste — Formerly used to stiffen coats, 
 
 but now entirely obsolete. 
 Patch Pockets — Pockets made wholly 
 
 on the outside of a garment. 
 Patent Beaver — Similar to Castor 
 
 Beaver with more of a cloth finish. 
 Pea Jacket — A short coat of thick 
 
 closely woven cloth, worn in rough 
 
 weather. 
 Peau de Soie — Heavy, soft finished, plain 
 
 colored silk, woven in very fine ribs. 
 Peddler — A peripatetic merchant. 
 Pegtop — Trousers cut wide and full 
 
 around the hips and narrowing sharply 
 
 down to the ankle. 
 
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 Pepper-and-Salt — A black-and-white or 
 grayish mixture, effected in weaving. 
 
 Percaline — A fine light-weight cotton 
 lining material. 
 
 Perching — Examining and correcting 
 raw woolen cloth for and of knots, burs, 
 holes and other imperfections before 
 filling. 
 
 Petersham — A heavy woolen, woven or 
 felted kind of cloth for overcoating. 
 It has a rough, knotty surface, and is 
 sometimes called "nigger-head." A 
 very heavy, close-felted kind of this 
 cloth is also called "cordington" ; the 
 finer, softer kinds "chinchilla." 
 
 Pick — The number of threads within a 
 given space. 
 
 PiEciNG-OuT — The act of sewing together 
 the pieces, which sometimes occur in 
 the facings of garments, is called 
 "piecing them out." "Dograbbiting." 
 
 PiGEON-ToED — The toes inclining or 
 pointing inward. 
 
 Pilot Cloth — A medium heavy, smooth, 
 blue cloth similar to Kersey or Beaver, 
 minus the nap. 
 
 Pink Coat — English name for red hunting 
 and golf coats. 
 
 Pin Check — A very fine small check. 
 
 Pin Rib — A very delicate rib or cord. 
 
 Piping — A covered cord for trimming, 
 applied along edges and seams. 
 
 Pique — A heavy cotton fabric having a 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 surface that is corded or having a 
 
 raised lozenge pattern. 
 Plaid — Colored bars or stripes crossing 
 
 each other at right angles ; a tartan, a 
 
 kilt. 
 Plait — A flattened fold or gather. 
 Ply — A fold or thickness. 
 P. M. — Premium money given clerks for 
 
 disposing of slow-selling goods. 
 Pockets — Things to carry things in. 
 Pongee — A homewoven plain silk. 
 Popinjay — A chattering coxcomb. 
 Pricked Edges — Backstitched by hand so 
 
 that no seam is apparent. 
 Prince Albert — A double-breasted, frock 
 
 coat, cut form-fitting. 
 Prunella — Lasting cloth. 
 Puttee — A legging that looks like a 
 
 surgical bandage. 
 
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 Quadrille — Small squares or checks ; 
 
 shepherd checks. 
 Quilted Lining — A layer of cotton batting 
 
 faced on one or both sides with silk, 
 
 satin or other cloth, and sewed together 
 
 or quilted in fancy patterns. 
 
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 Raglan — A loose overcoat, the sleeves of 
 which are continued over the shoulders 
 up to the collar. Named after Lord 
 Raglan, who devised a similar garment 
 for the protection of his soldiers 
 during the Crimean war, the idea being 
 to increase their fighting efficiency by 
 the greater freedom of action afforded 
 by the peculiar shoulder. 
 
 Rain Coat — A mackintosh or waterproof 
 garment. 
 
 Raw Edges — Open edges of the goods ; 
 not turned in. 
 
 Raw Seams — See Raw Edges. 
 
 Raye — French textile term for pattern of 
 delicate stripes or narrow lines. 
 
 Redingote — A double breasted outside 
 coat with long plain skirts ; a French 
 corruption of the English riding coat. 
 
 Reefer — A short round coat or jacket. 
 
 Regular — Clothing trade term for normal 
 or standard sizes, from which longs, 
 stouts, slims, etc., are variations. 
 
 Repellent — A sort of waterproof cloth 
 of wool, wool-and-cotton or all cotton. 
 
 Rever — A turned back lapel or cuff. 
 
 RiGBY Cloth — A sort of waterproof cloth, 
 chemically treated. 
 
 Right Dress — See Dress. 
 
 Roll Collar — A plain collar without 
 
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 peak or notch ; a show collar. 
 
 Roundabout — A short jacket reaching to 
 the waist. 
 
 Rowing Shirt — A low-necked shirt with 
 very large deep armholes. 
 
 Rubber Cloth — Usually cotton sheeting 
 or drilling with a coating of rubber 
 on one side ; used for mackintoshes and 
 sometimes for interlining ulsters. 
 
 Rug — A traveling shawl or blanket. 
 
 Sabretache — A leather pocket hung from 
 
 the left side of the sword hilt ; a 
 
 popinjay ornament. 
 Sack — A business coat with pockets, 
 
 made single and double breasted ; a 
 
 loose Chesterfield overcoat. 
 Saddle Seams — Sewn as saddlers sew 
 
 leather. 
 Salesman — Masculine of saleslady. 
 Sash — A waist-scarf. 
 Sateen — A close twilled cotton fabric, 
 
 soft and glossy ; used for linings, etc. 
 Satin — A silk fabric having a very high 
 
 luster on its face. 
 Satin Rhadame — A lustrous silk satin, 
 
 the face crossed and broken by fine 
 
 twilled lines, extending diagonally 
 
 across the web. 
 Satinet — A cheap clothing material 
 
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 similar to cassimere, made with a 
 
 cotton warp and a filling of short, 
 
 inferior or shoddy wool, which is mixed 
 
 with enough long wool to enable it to 
 
 be spun and woven in a way to bring 
 
 the filling to the surface of the cloth ; 
 
 afterwards fulled, sheared and the 
 
 pattern printed on the face. 
 Scarf — A cravat. 
 ScHAPPE — Silk fabrics woven of waste 
 
 and damaged cocoons. 
 Schooner Pants — Spring bottoms, after 
 
 the sailor style. 
 Scotch Mixtures — Hard to describe ; if 
 
 you don't know ask a woolen house 
 
 for samples. 
 ScYE — The arm hole of a garment. 
 Seams — That part of the fabric used in 
 
 sewing together. 
 Selvedge — The web edge of cloth ; list. 
 Serge — A fine diagonal twilled worsted — 
 
 both all-worsted and with a worsted 
 
 warp and "woolen" filling. 
 Serge — A lining of cotton or linen warp 
 
 and wool or mohair filling, woven 
 
 three-leaf twill. 
 Shawl — A square cloth wrap. 
 Shawl Collar — A rounding collar 
 
 without notches ; see roll-collar. 
 Shepherd Check — Tiny checks, usually 
 
 black and white. 
 Shetlands— Very shaggy overcoating, 
 
 named from the Shetland pony, the coat 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 of which it is supposed to imitate in 
 
 appearance. 
 Shirtwaist — A test of masculine 
 
 fortitude during the summer of 1901. 
 Shoddy — Waste thrown off in spinning; 
 
 shredded rags and bits of cloth to be 
 
 manipulated into new cloth ; a cheap 
 
 inferior cloth. 
 Shooting Coat — A sack coat of corduroy, 
 
 duck, etc., with capacious pockets, 
 
 used by sportsmen. 
 Shooting Jacket — See shooting coat. 
 Shop — Store. 
 Short Stout — Trade term for garments 
 
 built for short, stout people. 
 Shrink — To contract or take up all loss 
 
 of length ; to sponge. 
 Shroud — The last garment we wear. 
 Sicilian — A plain-woven mohair fabric ; 
 
 see Brilliantine ; Mohair. 
 Silesia — A light close-woven fine-twilled 
 
 cotton lining fabric. 
 Singe — To remove the warp from textile 
 
 fabrics by fire or heat. 
 Sizes — Trade term for an assortment or 
 
 a range of sizes and shapes. 
 Skating Jacket — A short snug-fitting coat. 
 Skeleton — Term applied to a coat 
 
 made without lining. 
 Skirt — The lower or hanging part of a 
 
 coat. 
 Slims — Trade term for garments designed 
 
 for slim people. 
 
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 Small Falls — See narrow-falls and 
 
 front tails. 
 Smalls — Close fitting knee breeches. 
 Smoking Jacket — A fancy coat for 
 
 house (smoking) wear. 
 Sock — Much less euphonious than hose, 
 Soft Roll — Lapel or front of coat made 
 
 without stiffening and lightly pressed 
 
 into a long roll. 
 Spatterdash — A sort of overgaiter or 
 
 legging. 
 Spencer — A very short overcoat not 
 
 fully covering the undercoat. 
 Spiff — Premium or bonus. 
 Splay-Footed — Toes turning outward. 
 Sponge— To dampen for ironing, pressing 
 
 or cleaning or preparatory to cutting; 
 
 to shrink. 
 Stable Suit — A stable uniform. 
 Staple — The fibre of any material, as 
 
 long or short, staple, wool or cotton. 
 Stays — Corsets. 
 
 Stock — A twice around the neck dressing. 
 Stockinet — A plain, elastic texture 
 
 made on a knitting frame. 
 Stocking — Hose. 
 Storm Coat — A rain-proof coat ; 
 
 mackintosh, ulster. 
 Stouts — Trade term for garments made 
 
 for stout persons. 
 Strap Seams — Seams with a strip of 
 
 cloth laid over. 
 Surah Silk — Twilled similar to woolen 
 
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D ICTIONARY 
 
 serge. 
 SuRTOUT — An overcoat cut in the style 
 
 of a frock coat. 
 Swallowtail — See Full Dress. 
 Swap — Lost customer. 
 Sweater — A tight-fitting, ribbed, knitted 
 
 jacket or skirt. 
 Swell — A supposedly ultra-fashionable 
 
 individual. 
 
 Tailor — One who makes clothes. 
 Tailor-to-the-Trade — A manufacturer 
 
 who makes clothes on mail orders. 
 Tartan — A Scotch plaid. 
 Tests — Process for determining quality, 
 
 strength, color, etc. 
 Tete de Negre — "Niggerhead." 
 Thibet — More elastic and softer than 
 
 Melton, not so nappy as Cheviot, 
 
 unfinished look. 
 Topcoat — A light overcoat. 
 Tricot — A double-twill cloth, having 
 
 both a warp and a filling effect. 
 Trousers — Garments for the lower 
 
 limbs ; widely, but erroneously, known 
 
 as "pants." 
 Trunk Hose — Knee tights ; swimming 
 
 breeches. 
 Tuck — A flat fold in a fabric ; your wife 
 
 will show you the difference between 
 
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CLOTHE! 
 
 a tuck and a plait. 
 Turn-Over — The turned in extremity 
 
 of trouser legs and sleeves. 
 Turn-Up — The bottom of trousers. 
 Tuxedo — See Dinner Jacket. 
 Tw^EED — An open, soft, flexible twilled 
 
 cloth, closely spun and finely woven, 
 
 but slightly fulled. 
 Twilled — Woven in such manner as 
 
 to produce lines or ribs diagonally or 
 
 across the surface of the fabric. 
 
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 Ulster — A long, loose, heavy overcoat 
 
 for rough weather wear. 
 Undercoat — The body-coat. 
 Undercollar — The under side of a 
 
 collar ; usually, but not necessarily, of 
 
 softer material. 
 Unfinished Worsted — A soft dull 
 
 finished cloth, slight nap. 
 Uniform — Livery distinguishing the 
 
 members of some military, naval or 
 
 civil body, or employes of clubs, 
 
 corporations, etc. 
 Uniform Cloth — Cloth suitable for 
 
 uniforms ; usually a stout fulled woolen 
 
 cloth, similar to Kersey. 
 Union Cassimere — Of a quality with 
 
 satinet, but with a woven instead of 
 
 printed pattern. 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 V 
 
 Velvet — A closely woven silk material 
 
 with short thick pile on one side. 
 Velveteen — Cotton velvet. 
 Venetian — A cloth milled and cropped 
 
 bare in finishing. 
 Vent — An outlet ; q. v. 
 Vest — See waistcoat. 
 Vestment — An ecclesiastical garment. 
 Vicuna — A soft twilled cloth similar 
 
 to Cheviot, made of the wool of the 
 
 Andes vicugna. 
 
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 Wadding — The tailor's expedient for 
 making a lanky customer look well in 
 the eyes of his girl and fellow 
 creatures ; see Padding. 
 
 Waistcoat — Vulgarly a "vest." 
 
 Wale — A ridge or streak rising above 
 surface of cloth, running entire length 
 or width. 
 
 Walking Coat — A compromise between 
 a single breasted sack and a cutaway 
 frock, more nearly resembling the 
 latter, but shorter and with pocket 
 flaps on hips. 
 
 Wammus — A sort of Cardigan jacket, 
 
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 a mosey ; also spelled wamuss. 
 Warp — The threads which are extended 
 
 lengthwise in the loom and crossed 
 
 by the filling or weft ; sometimes called 
 
 the chain or end. 
 Warranted Clothing — Only made by 
 
 Cahn, Wampold & Co. 
 Waterproof — A textile so treated, by 
 
 rubber or chemicals or otherwise, 
 
 that it repels instead of absorbing 
 
 water. See Cravenette. 
 Weft — The woof or filling of a fabric ; 
 
 the threads that cross the warp from 
 
 selvage to selvage. 
 Wellingtons — Boots, covering the knee 
 
 but cut away behind. 
 Welt Seams — See lap seams. 
 WkiPCORD — A worsted cloth having a 
 
 small prominent twill. 
 WiGAN — A very stiff, open, canvas 
 
 interlining used for giving shape to 
 
 garments. 
 Woof — The threads that cross the warp 
 
 in weaving ; the weft ; filling. 
 Woolens — Name of fabrics of carded 
 
 wool ; usually soft woven. 
 Worsteds — Name of fabrics of combed 
 
 wool ; usually hard woven. 
 
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DICTIONARY 
 
 X Y 
 
 Yacht Cloth — A flannel heavier than 
 ordinary flannel or serge, price dyed. 
 
 Yarn — Thread for knitting or weaving. 
 
 Yoke — A band or cross piece to which 
 other parts of garment are attached. 
 
 Yoke Coat — A coat with a yoke. 
 
 Zouave Jacket — A short jacket reaching 
 about to the waist, and cutaway in 
 front. 
 
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This being incomplete the Editor is desirous 
 of hearing from those who know of other 
 definitions overlooked, or of errors in this 
 compilation. 
 
 Some credit is due to "Cole's Dictionary of 
 Dry Goods," some to "The American Tailor 
 and Cutter," some to Mrs. Alice Morse Earle, 
 et al, but most largely to the people in the store 
 and in the work shop — the people who make and 
 use the lingo. 
 
 The Editor. 
 
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