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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Textile \Tex"tile\, adjective [L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F. textile. See {Text}.] Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
{Textile cone} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful cone shell ({Conus textilis}) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Textile \Tex"tile\, noun That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
textile
adjective: of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile research"
noun: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: {fabric}, {cloth}, {material}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "textile": braided, cloth, drapery, dry goods, enlaced, entwined, etoffe, fabric, felt, fretted, goods, handwoven, interknit, interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven, knit, lace, laced, leather goods, leatherware, linens, loomed, material, napery, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled, rag, silk, soft goods, sporting goods, sportswear, stuff, textile fabric, textiles, texture, tissu, tissue, twined, weave, web, weft, white goods, woof, wool, woven, wreathed, yard goods
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