Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
noil .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word noils.
Examples
-
The short combed-out wool is called noils, and is used in making carpet yarns, ground up into shoddy stock, or utilized in spinning fancy yarns.
-
The cloths made from waste products, such as noils, are not much inferior in quality to those produced from the wool from which the noils are obtained; but the great majority of cloths made from other waste products are much inferior.
-
Peace Silk resulting in silk noils are tailor-made for crafting and I have seen the fabulous textiles carried by Aurora Silk when I visited them in Portland last year.
-
Add some dyed silk and angora noils and one can spin a fine, yet gently textured yarn.
Archive 2007-03-18 FUZZARELLY 2007
-
Let me say now I do not need alpaca, silk threads or silk noils.
Archive 2006-02-01 Spinningfishwife 2006
-
Very generously, she gave me samples of several kinds of fiber, including a lot of merino, a silk cocoon, and this gorgeous part-cormo part-mohair with a bit of corriedale, some silk noils? and also little sparkles in it.
Drum Carder Fun The Raven 2006
-
Also I cleared out The Natural Dye Studio of hand dyed silk threads and noils in their end of season sale last year.
Stashbusting #2. Spinningfishwife 2006
-
The noils help camouflage some of the unevenness, too.
Drum Carder Fun The Raven 2006
-
Also I cleared out The Natural Dye Studio of hand dyed silk threads and noils in their end of season sale last year.
Archive 2006-02-01 Spinningfishwife 2006
-
Let me say now I do not need alpaca, silk threads or silk noils.
Stashbusting #2. Spinningfishwife 2006
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.