cotton/silk/synthetic etc fabric• Viscose: A synthetic fabric normally made from wood fibres.• All synthetic fabrics, plastics, chipboard, plywood, foamrubber and other man-made materials are excluded from the oasis.• Plain-weave polyester and cotton fabrics are also used as linings.• Some silk fabrics will drape beautifully while others have a light, crispappearance.• Use fine thread; silk thread with silk fabrics, and synthetic thread with synthetic fabrics.• Folkweave A loosely-woven cotton fabric, using coarseyarn, often with stripes.
fabric of ... society• Each has argued for higher education to preserve the culturalfabric of society.• It concerns the fabric of our society.• Human authority is then an evil in itself and the social relations which constitute the fabric of society are constantly being dissolved.• For more than 50 years Oxfam has been trying to improve the fabric of society in some of the world's poorest regions.• Lawful strikes may threaten the fabric of a society much more than many unlawful acts.• The fabric of our society would be seen to be the ridiculous thing it is.• The fabric of societycollapsed, as people sided with the King or Parliament.
Originfabric
(1400-1500)Old Frenchfabrique, from Latinfabrica“thing made, place where things are made”