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- Ottoman : A warp-faced cloth with a fairly flat, bold, smooth, weft-way rib. Originally made from a silk warp and worsted weft. The heavier weight cloths are suitable for tailoring and may have a small fancy design included in the general weft-way rib effect.
- Oxford : A good quality shirting fabric made in a plain-weave with two ends weaving as one. It is generally made from cotton. Stripes of dyed yarn or decorative weaves are sometimes introduced.
- Panama : A worsted fabric with a clear finish weighing about 200 g/m² and used for tropical suitings. The fabric is of a plain-weave and square construction. Fibres other than wool may be used. (NB A Panama embroidery canvas of a hopsack weave which is beetled must not be confused with the worsted Panama).
- Piece : The unit length of fabric removed from the loom. The standard length depends on the type of fabric but may be such as best suits the purchaser. Piece lengths are generally between 75 and 120m. According to the state of the cloth expressions such as ‘loomstate piece’ and ‘dyed piece’ may be used.
- Pile fabric : A fabric with tufts of fibre or loops of yarn projecting from the surface. The most important classes of pile fabric at present are (a) woven, in which case it has cut or uncut warp pile or cut weft pile, (b) knitted, in which case end of fibres may form the pile or the pile may consist of loops, or, (c) tufted, which results in brushed, cut or uncut pile.
- Pilot : A heavily milled and raised woollen cloth generally used for seamen’s jackets and overcoats. It is available in a wide range of fibre qualities. A 2/2 twill is often used.
- Piqué : Originally a woven cloth with rounded cords running in the weft direction, now often made in a lightweight Bedford cord weave with the cord running in the warp direction. Different widths of cord may be produced in one cloth to create interest and the fabric may be printed. A piqué effect may be produced by warp or weft knitting.
- Plush : A cut warp-pile fabric similar to a velvet but having a longer end less dense pile laid in one direction.
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