Textiles
Definition
Textiles refer to any type of material made through weaving, knitting, spreading, crocheting or bonding that may be used in the production of further goods.
Related terms
Yarn: A long continuous length of interlocked fibers suitable for use in the production of textiles.
Spinning Jenny: An early spinning machine with multiple spindles that was one of the key developments in the industrialization of textile production during the Industrial Revolution.
Cotton Gin: A machine invented by Eli Whitney that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
"Textiles" appears in:
Subjects (3)
AP Art History
AP European History
AP World History: Modern
Study guides (2)
AP US History - 2.4 Transatlantic Trade
AP US History - 2.5 Interactions between Native Americans and Europeans
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