LENO


Meaning of LENO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlē-(ˌ)nō ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from French linon linen fabric, lawn, from Middle French lin flax, linen, from Latin linum flax

Date: 1821

1. : an open weave in which pairs of warp yarns cross one another and thereby lock the filling yarn in position

2. : a fabric made with a leno weave

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