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10 Sep

A vintage work wear glossary

Bar Tacking
Reinforcement stitching in a tight zigzag repeated several times to fortify stress points in clothing.

Boilersuit
A protective overall for dirty work.

Courdroy
Durable cotton piled fabric with vertical ribs.

Denim
A course, durable weave of cotton fabric.

Double & Twist Denim
To resist shrinkage, yarns are doubled and then twisted before weaving.

Dungaree
From the French word for denim.

Dungarees
Denim trousers with a bib and straps.

Engineer Jacket
Collarless denim jacket with a bandless bottom.

Engineer Overalls
Coined by Levis for they bib overalls.

Fabric Weight
Denim is graded by its weight per yard, so if a yard of denim weighs 13oz, it is considered to be a 13 oz denim.

Jeans
Trousers made from denim.

Khaki
The fabric used by British Army Regiments in the 1880s of a closely twilled cloth of linen or cotton and named in the colour of the fabric.

Levis or 501s
Trademark name of denim trousers by Levi Strauss Co.

Moleskin
A heavy, durable cotton fabric.

Overalls
Usually referred to in the plural, like a pair of trousers. Denim trousers with a bib piece held by straps covering the chest. The shirt and trousers are made in one piece to cover over clothing.

Railroad Suit
An outfit comprised of overalls and a matching jacket.

Selvage
The tightly woven edge of a fabric. It prevents the side edges of the fabric from raveling or fraying.

Triple Stitching
Three rows of detail stitching/topstitching.

Twill
A diagonally woven fabric.

Warp and Weft
The two directions that the yarn runs in weaving; in denim the warp run longways with the selvage and is dyed indigo blue and weft is across the fabric from selvage to selvage and is underfeed.

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