Madapolam
The Madapolam (probably to its place of origin, a district of Narsapur in the East Indies, named) is a smooth, mild, slightly shiny cotton fabric is used for the production of shirts and dresses, as embroidery ground or for printing. The quality is considered to be comparable to that of the batiste . The fabric was also used to cover aircraft such as B. the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito used.
Its density is about 40 × 31 threads on 1 cm. Originally it was used to describe a coarsely twilled cotton fabric.
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- Lexicon of Tissues , by Thomas Meyer zur Capellen, 2005
- Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon , 1905