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a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines. Also called diagonal.[1860-65]
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diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines. Also called diagonal. [1860 65] * * * diagonal cloth, a twilled fabric having prominent diagonal ridges … Useful english dictionary
diagonal cloth — /daɪˌægənəl ˈklɒθ/ (say duy.aguhnuhl kloth) noun a twilled fabric with a diagonal weave …
Diagonal — Di*ag o*nal, n. 1. A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
diagonal — diagonally, adv. /duy ag euh nl, ag nl/, adj. 1. Math. a. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. b. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane. 2. having an… … Universalium
diagonal — /daɪˈægənəl / (say duy aguhnuhl) adjective 1. Mathematics a. connecting, as a straight line, two non adjacent angles or vertices of a quadrilateral, polygon, or polyhedron. b. extending, as a plane, from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite… …
Diagonal pliers — with uninsulated handles. Diagonal pliers (or wire cutters or diagonal cutting pliers) are pliers intended for the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything). They are sometimes called side cutting pliers or side… … Wikipedia
diagonal — [dī ag′ə nəl, dīag′nəl] adj. [L diagonalis < Gr diagōnios < dia , through + gōnia, an angle, corner: see KNEE] 1. extending between the vertices of any two nonadjacent angles in a polygonal figure or between any two vertices not in the same … English World dictionary
Tapa cloth — Tapa from the Lau Island Group of Fiji. Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as Niue, Cook Islands … Wikipedia
Cocking-cloth — Detail from the engraving Pearching the Pheasant in The Gentleman s Recreation, 1686, by Richard Blome. In hunting tactics, a cocking cloth was a device suitable in catching pheasants, similar in construction to a kite. It consists of a piece of… … Wikipedia
textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 … Universalium
