Terrycloth

Also terry or towelling in British and frot or frott in many other languages. Terrycloth is a fabric with loops that can absorb large amounts of water. It can be manufactured by weaving or knitting, with weaving on a dobby loom the predominant commercial method, having two beams of longitudinal warp through which the filler or weft is fired laterally. Items that may be made from terrycloth include towel Towel

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s, bedlinen, and sweatbands for the wrist Wristband

Wristbands are encircling strips worn on the wrist [i], made of any of a variety of materials depending ...

or head Headband

A headband is an article of clothing [i] that is designed to be worn on or around a person's head [i]. ...

. Terry towelling hat Hat

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s with a shallow brim were once popular with cricketers Cricket

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but are no longer in fashion.

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Also terry or towelling in British and froté or frotté in many other languages.

Terrycloth is a fabric with loops that can absorb large amounts of water. It can be manufactured by weaving or knitting, with weaving on a dobby loom the predominant commercial method, having two beams of longitudinal warp through which the filler or weft is fired laterally.

Items that may be made from terrycloth include towel Towel

A towel is a piece of [i] fabric [i] or paper [i] used for drying o ...

s, bedlinen, and sweatbands for the wrist Wristband

Wristbands are encircling strips worn on the wrist [i], made of any of a variety of materials depending ...

or head Headband

A headband is an article of clothing [i] that is designed to be worn on or around a person's head [i]. ...

.

Terry towelling hat Hat

A hat is an item of clothing [i] which is worn on the head [i] a kind of headgear [i]. ...

s with a shallow brim were once popular with cricketers Cricket

Cricket is a team sport [i] played between two teams of eleven players each....

but are no longer in fashion.

Terrycloth became accessible to the general public in the late 1800's.

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