Huckaback
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A short encyclopedia entry defining huckaback as a cloth type used for towels, valued for absorbency. It explains the plain-weave foundation with warp floats on the face and weft floats on the back. It distinguishes ordinary huck (weave A) from the Devon or medical huck (weave B, usually woven with double weft), and notes that the cloth was originally all linen but is often adulterated with inferior fibres. Two small structure diagrams are included.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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