Rep
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A short encyclopedia entry defining rep (also spelled repp or reps), a cloth of silk, wool or cotton woven with fine cords or ribs across the width. It gives the proposed origins of the name, from French reps or a corruption of "rib". It notes uses: silk rep for dresses and ecclesiastical vestments, wool and cotton rep for upholstery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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