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Showing posts with label Fiber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fiber. Show all posts

Monday, 18 April 2011

Stuart’s Daily Word Spot: Fabric

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Fabric: noun - construction or design of a building, an animal's body, a vehicle, etc.; a building in which work or manufacture is carried on, a factory; a frame, basic structure of a building; type of construction or formation, texture; manufactured textile, woven, knitted, or felted material; a material made of chemically bonded fibres; the structural material of something, woven tissue or fibre of a textile.

‘The earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, damaged the fabric of the cathedral to such an extent that part or all of the building would have to be rebuilt.’

‘Whilst Jenny was happy to use man made fabric for her dress, she always wanted natural fabric, like cotton, for underwear in touch with her skin.’ 

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Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Oakum

Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Caulking boatsImage via Wikipedia
Oakum: noun – loose fibre obtained by untwisting old rope and used in caulking ships' seams –originally the picking of this was a job for convicts.

‘Martha sneezed as she plucked the oakum from the pile of old rope, her fingers sore from constant plucking at the rough fibres.’

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