#clothing

• Frieze-maker — A craftsman who makes or sells aba (coarse woolen cloth) or garments made from aba. In the context of historical hygiene and ethnomedicine, the guilds of abageri regulated the quality and density of the fabric, ensuring the production of traditional garments that served as vital thermal barriers against illnesses caused by exposure to cold and dampness.
• Frieze-making (attr.) — Pertaining to abageri (frieze-makers) or their trade; characteristic of coarse cloth manufacturing. In material culture and social anthropology studies, the term describes the techniques, workshops, and corporate standards of thick wool processing used in pre-industrial communities to produce traditional winter gear.
• Frieze-making workshop — The workshop, shop, or trade of an abager (frieze-maker), where aba and thick woolen clothing were manufactured, processed, or sold. Historically and from a hygiene perspective, abagerii represented important urban centers for providing thermal protective clothing in past centuries, indirectly contributing to public health during cold seasons.
• Abolla cloak — A thick woolen cloak or cape worn in Antiquity by Roman soldiers and officers. Later, the garment was adopted by Stoic and Cynic philosophers in the Roman Empire, becoming a distinctive symbol of austere status, wisdom, or senatorial rank.
• Accoutrement — Bizarre, strange, extravagant, or ridiculous clothing; an artificial, ostentatious, and tasteless way of dressing up or adorning oneself with mismatched accessories. In a broader or theatrical sense, the term can describe an unusual costume or a grotesque outfit used to draw attention or to create a comic effect within a stage performance.
• Ainu — A member of an indigenous Paleo-Siberian population from the Japanese archipelago, historically located on Hokkaido Island, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands, structurally characterized by physical and anthropological traits distinct from the majority Japanese population, and by an ancestral culture deeply tied to the veneration of nature and animal spirits. As an adjective, it describes the cultural elements, religious traditions, tribal social organization, or the isolated linguistic system specific to this unique ethnic community.
• Starched — Having undergone the process of starching; a textile material, garment, or collar structurally impregnated with a starch suspension to ensure controlled stiffness, a smooth surface, and a flawless drape. In a broad sense, it describes a modified physical state of natural polymeric fibers that have acquired a protective film against wrinkling and frictional degradation.
• Anteri robes — A secondary plural form or archaic regional variant for the term 'antereu', denoting the collection of long boyar garments of Oriental inspiration, formerly worn by the noble class in the Romanian Principalities. These structural clothing items were characterized by a cut adjusted to the bust and wide at the bottom, made from highly refined and expensive materials to reflect the wearer's rank.
• Anteriu — A long male garment, open in front, tight down to the waist with wide skirts, often made of silk, fine wool, or velvet, historically worn by boyars or wealthy merchants in the Romanian Principalities or, currently, by Orthodox clergy (as a priestly robe). This garment of Oriental influence reflected the wearer's social status and administrative rank during the Phanariote era.
• Antireu — An old or regional phonetic variant for the word 'anteriu'; a long, Turkish-style robe open in the front, extending down to the ground, with wide sleeves, tied with a sash, historically worn by boyars, clergymen, or women as a period garment. In 18th and 19th-century commercial documents and dowry records, the term denoted valuable attire made of silk, velvet, or ghermesit, representing an indicator of high social status.
• Antiriu — A secondary spelling or regional form for the word 'anteriu'; a long period garment of Oriental origin, open in the front, extending down to the ground and fitted to the body, tied with a sash or cord. This clothing piece was historically worn in the Romanian Principalities by boyars, wealthy merchants, or clergymen, and was crafted from luxurious materials such as silk, velvet, or satin.
• Antonio — A type of fine fabric, textile material, or elegant clothing design pattern used in the garment industry; it also represents the unadapted graphical variant (specific to Italian and Spanish languages) of the masculine given name Anton, derived from the Latin 'Antonius'. In the Romanian commercial context, the term describes either a range of textile materials with a silky finish or a foreign anthroponym used as a brand or proper name in modern documents.
• Garment interlining — A technical workshop term used to describe a thin intermediate textile material, a lightweight interlining, or a stiffening cloth inserted between the garment's outer fabric and the actual lining, aiming to provide structure, stability, and an impeccable shape to collars, lapels, or shoulders. Historically, it denoted a small textile mat or decorative fabric placed in a foyer.
• Sizing agent — A chemical substance or macromolecular colloidal preparation (based on starch, gelatin, synthetic resins, or cellulose derivatives) used in the industrial or household finishing of fabrics; it also defines the protective film resulting from applying this substance, serving to provide textile materials with structural stiffness, luster, smoothness, and resistance to dirt or wrinkling.
• Starch — To subject a textile material, fabric, or shirt collar to the finishing process by applying a layer of sizing agent or starch. This technical or household procedure aims to smooth the surface, temporarily stiffen the structural fibers, and impart a distinct aesthetic luster, while increasing resistance to wrinkling and dirt.
• Absalon — A very rare archaic, literary, or regional form found in ancient Romanian chronicles or historical translations to refer to Absalon (biblical character or historical figure) or used regionally as a pre-modern phonetic deformation describing a type of chlamys, long soldier's cloak, or element of military gala uniform.
• Arniciu red — A regional color adjective describing an intense, bright red or vivid crimson shade, resembling the characteristic color of traditional arnici embroidery threads used in folk crafts.
• To match — To match, combine, or harmonize different elements (clothing pieces, colors, furniture objects, tastes) based on criteria of structural, chromatic, or stylistic harmony; to put together things that fit perfectly with each other, forming a unified aesthetic ensemble pleasing to the eye.
• Woven strip — A traditional, regional, or archaic technical term used in the domestic textile industry and the craft of handloom weaving; it designates a piece of cloth, a woven fabric strip of a specific length, a structural bundle of warp threads, or a section of the rural loom's wooden frame, serving as an empirical measurement unit or component in processing textile fibers.
• Astrakhan — Fine pelt with very short, silky, and curled fur, obtained from Karakul lambs slaughtered in the first days after birth or from miscarriages (in which case it is called breitschwanz). In a modern commercial sense, the term also describes an artificial fabric made of wool or synthetic fibers that closely mimics the looped texture and glossy appearance of this luxury natural fur, used in making coats, collars, and hats.