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A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.

A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.

Having one surface; -- said specif. of aëroplanes or aërocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.

Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]

An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.

Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber. What stuff wilt have a kirtle of Shak. It [the arras] was of stuff and silk mixed, though, superior kinds were of silk exclusively. F. G. Lee.

antiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.

A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.

A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]

A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which…

A kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. Textile cone (Zoöl.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.

That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson.

A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.

A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.

A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.

A woven fabric.

A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or women to resemble knitted work.