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Two-ply   /tu-plaɪ/   Listen
adjective
Two-ply  adj.  
1.
Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
2.
Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.






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"Two-ply" Quotes from Famous Books



... single cloth fabric, with two-ply cotton warp and wool or a combination of cotton and shoddy filling, made with the plain weave and in appearance a semi-rough-faced woolen fabric with fancy effects in twist scattered about it. It is used principally for ladies' ...
— Textiles • William H. Dooley

... the blanket, the man also has his part in the process as he furnishes the loom, the pattern board and the skin of the goat. The squaw prepares all the materials and collects the bark, for the warp is of shredded two-ply cedar bark wrapped with a thread of wool, while the weft is entirely of the soft wool ...
— Aboriginal American Weaving • Mary Lois Kissell



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