#textile engineering
- Openworks — The plural form of the neuter noun 'ajur'; it designates multiple decorative embroideries, ornamental perforations, or carved geometric patterns made in a fabric, garment, jewelry piece, or architectural structure. These structural elements serve an aesthetic role in creating a lace-like effect of transparency and alternation between solid and void spaces, allowing controlled light filtration.
- 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.
- Thread guide — A neologistic term of Anglo-Saxon origin (regional phonetic adaptation of 'empruor' or similar) rarely used in industrial textile design to describe a specific type of structural reinforcement, a pronounced texture finish applied to fabric edges, or a mechanical thread guiding device on high-speed sewing machines.
- 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.