Strand (weaving)

Strands in two rows (front and back). The warp threads (colored) each run through a heald eye. The web comb can be seen in the background .

In the weaving mill a is strand (also helping called), a lifting element for those warp threads with which a compartment is formed. The strands have an eye in their middle , the so-called strand eye (also thread eye , maillon ), through which only one warp thread runs.