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lana cotta

English translation: boiled wool

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Italian term or phrase:lana cotta
English translation:boiled wool
Entered by: Vesna Zivcic

04:47 Jun 24, 2001
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Italian term or phrase: lana cotta
a type of wool used in traditional mountain clothing
Emiliano
boiled wool
Explanation:
cooked wool - 15 hits on Google
boiled wool - 1530 hits on Google


1. Lana Cotta is the umbrella term for felted, pressed, milled and boiled wool which emphasises the diverse characteristics of the materials. As far as the styles are concerned, forms such as husky jackets and parka versions with a hood and fir trimming are the characteristic features.

2. Boiled Wool
... Name of Fabric, Width, $ (Can), $ (US). Boiled Wool, 58" (145cm), $79.98/m, $56.00/yd. Dyed-To-Match Wool Braid, 1" (2.5cm), $5.98/m, ...

www.tex-styles.com/boiled_wool.htm

3. Boiled Wool Fabric
Boiled Wool Fabric (hard to find, but very easy to work with!). Click on Fabric for larger view ...

www.angoravalley.com/bw.html

4. Boiled wool
Boiled wool. Fine-rib V-necks(top left). ... Boiled wool turtleneck(right). Lambswool.
Very dense, cushiony, with an oversized,boxy fit.8921G $58. ...

www.public.iastate.edu/~eunice/product3.html


5. Blauenbock's boiled wool
...FROM NATURE WE HAVE WOOL. AND FROM PURE WOOL YARN WE PRODUCE THIS SPECIAL MATERIAL CALLED "BOILED WOOL". ...

www.modaonline.it/mmette/nature.htm


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Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 13:32
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Summary of answers provided
na +1boiled wool
Vesna Zivcic
nacooked wool
Laura Gentili


  

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49 mins
cooked wool


Explanation:
This is the term used in the CNN Interactive Site. See link below.


    Reference: http://www.cnn.com/STYLE/9608/13/lang.fall/
Laura Gentili
Italy
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 225
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boiled wool


Explanation:
cooked wool - 15 hits on Google
boiled wool - 1530 hits on Google


1. Lana Cotta is the umbrella term for felted, pressed, milled and boiled wool which emphasises the diverse characteristics of the materials. As far as the styles are concerned, forms such as husky jackets and parka versions with a hood and fir trimming are the characteristic features.

2. Boiled Wool
... Name of Fabric, Width, $ (Can), $ (US). Boiled Wool, 58" (145cm), $79.98/m, $56.00/yd. Dyed-To-Match Wool Braid, 1" (2.5cm), $5.98/m, ...

www.tex-styles.com/boiled_wool.htm

3. Boiled Wool Fabric
Boiled Wool Fabric (hard to find, but very easy to work with!). Click on Fabric for larger view ...

www.angoravalley.com/bw.html

4. Boiled wool
Boiled wool. Fine-rib V-necks(top left). ... Boiled wool turtleneck(right). Lambswool.
Very dense, cushiony, with an oversized,boxy fit.8921G $58. ...

www.public.iastate.edu/~eunice/product3.html


5. Blauenbock's boiled wool
...FROM NATURE WE HAVE WOOL. AND FROM PURE WOOL YARN WE PRODUCE THIS SPECIAL MATERIAL CALLED "BOILED WOOL". ...

www.modaonline.it/mmette/nature.htm





    Reference: http://www.google.com
Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 7

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