Explanatory notes
… veils, ladies’ garments, in embroidery, etc. They are generally of silk, man‑made fibres, cotton or linen. (A) … weft threads which twist round each warp thread and run diagonally from selvedge to selvedge, half the weft being … follows the outline of the pattern, its component threads lying on the paper but not piercing it; the frame threads, …
