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Tricot

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, tricot means: Fine warp-knitted fabric commonly used for lingerie and linings.

In Turkish: çözgülü örme trikot kumaş

How it is used

In technical English, tricot names a warp-knit structure; it is narrower than the Turkish general word triko.

Example sentences

  1. The tricot lining stretches smoothly beneath the fitted sports top.

    The fabric structure is being specified for an internal garment layer.

  2. The supplier sent tricot, although the designer had asked for flat-knitted sweater fabric.

    The English term should not be used for every fabric called triko in Turkish.

Common collocations

  • tricot lining
  • tricot fabric
  • fabricCloth made by weaving, knitting or bonding fibres or yarns together, used to make clothes, home textiles and many other products.
  • knittingThe process of making fabric or garments by forming yarn into connected loops, by hand or on circular, flat or warp knitting machines.

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