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Manufacturing

515 entries in this trade.

rouleau

nounManufacturing

A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape. A rouleau loop uses the same cord or piping as a way of fastening buttons, most notably down the back of bridal gowns.

rowy

adjectiveManufacturing

Having an undesirable appearance of visible rows or streaks.

sacrificial anode

nounManufacturing

A piece of corrodible metal, attached to a metallic surface to be protected, that is preferentially consumed by electrolytic action

scalable

adjectiveManufacturing

Suitable to provide accurate dimensions to manufacturing staff by being measured and having the measurements multiplied by the scale factor.

scale

verbManufacturing

To take measurements from (an engineering drawing), treating them as (or as if) reliable dimensional instructions.

seated

adjectiveManufacturing

Of a woman's skirt, stretched out and baggy over the wearer's buttocks from much sitting while wearing the skirt.

selendang

nounManufacturing

a multipurpose sash tied around the shoulders to carry infants and groceries, or draped over the head.

self-finished

adjectiveManufacturing

Of fabric, not requiring additional finishing work such as hem or bias tape to prevent fraying.

sheep-split

nounManufacturingdated

A split or strip of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

shimming

nounManufacturing

Applying one or more shims to an assembly to adjust the position of one or more of its parts.

shimstock

nounManufacturing

Stock (material) suitable for making shims; often in the form of sheets of metal, plastic, or wood of various thicknesses, ready to have pieces cut out of them as needed.

shingle

verbManufacturing

To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.

shirr

verbManufacturing

To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.

shisha

nounManufacturing

A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.

side

verbManufacturing

To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

slipstitch

nounManufacturing

a kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted

sloper

nounManufacturing

A custom-fitted basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be created.

small

nounManufacturing

One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.

smocking

nounManufacturing

An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place; the product of the use of this embroidery technique.

smokestack industry

nounManufacturing

Any industry or large manufacturing facility that uses smokestacks to dispose of unwanted materials into the atmosphere.

snape

verbManufacturing

To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

sny

nounManufacturing

Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.

solid model

nounManufacturing

A type of computer model (of a physical object) that is defined geometrically as consisting of virtual 3D solid shapes rather than as other geometric forms (such as lines and points alone, wireframes, pixels, or voxels).

spale

nounManufacturing

One of a number of crossbands fastened temporarily to the frames to keep them in place until properly secured.

spezzato

nounManufacturing

An outfit that combines a suit jacket of one color or style and pants of another.

spunlaid

adjectiveManufacturing

In which fibres are spun and then directly dispersed into a web by deflectors or air streams.