Filling shot

In textile technology, the filling weft is a thick, mostly loosely twisted weft thread .

It provides support for plastic patterns in the fabric . The filling weft gives the fabric a structure by creating a rep-like character. Sometimes it is used to save a higher quality material.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Alfons Hofer: Textile and Model Lexicon . 7th edition, Volume 1, Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, keywords “fill shot”, “figured tissue”. ISBN 3-87150-518-8 .