Mullgewebe

English translation: leno/gauze fabric

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German term or phrase:Mullgewebe
English translation:leno/gauze fabric
Entered by: Stephen Roche

14:12 Mar 14, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / interior design
German term or phrase: Mullgewebe
Unfortunately I can't offer much context. This is a photo caption describing a white, heavy-pile carpet:

Teppich: langfloriges Mullgewebe.
Stephen Roche
Local time: 13:12
leno/gauze fabric
Explanation:
Not my field at all, I must admit.

Leno Weave - A woven fabric construction in which paired warp yarns twist around one another between fill yarn picks. It is similar to woven gauze bandage construction.
http://www.fabrica.net/Carpet/cptterms.html

Gauze
A very light, sheer, fine woven fabric.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_manufacturing_terminolo...

(Mull is cited in medical dicts. as "gauze")

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Note added at 26 mins (2007-03-14 14:38:28 GMT)
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Mull (engl. Gauze)
Hochporöses, leinwandbindiges Baumwollgewebe ...
http://www.svtb-astt.ch/textilexikon.htm
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Local time: 13:12
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leno/gauze fabric


Explanation:
Not my field at all, I must admit.

Leno Weave - A woven fabric construction in which paired warp yarns twist around one another between fill yarn picks. It is similar to woven gauze bandage construction.
http://www.fabrica.net/Carpet/cptterms.html

Gauze
A very light, sheer, fine woven fabric.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_manufacturing_terminolo...

(Mull is cited in medical dicts. as "gauze")

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Note added at 26 mins (2007-03-14 14:38:28 GMT)
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Mull (engl. Gauze)
Hochporöses, leinwandbindiges Baumwollgewebe ...
http://www.svtb-astt.ch/textilexikon.htm

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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