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Beat-up

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, beat-up means: Pushing a newly inserted weft yarn into the growing fabric with the reed.

In Turkish: tefeleme

How it is used

Used for the weaving action that seats each inserted weft; it is not the yarn insertion itself.

Example sentences

  1. The reed performs beat-up after the weft has crossed the shed.

    The action follows insertion and brings the yarn against the existing cloth.

  2. The engineer checked the beat-up motion when the fabric density became uneven.

    Consistent yarn placement contributes to a consistent woven structure.

Common collocations

  • beat-up motion
  • beat-up force
  • weaveThe pattern in which the lengthwise warp yarns and crosswise weft yarns are interlaced in a woven fabric, such as plain, twill or satin.
  • yarnA continuous thread made by twisting fibres together, which is then woven or knitted into fabric.

More terms: Textile Production

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