Longcloth

Longcloth
LONGCLOTH
A plain or twill cotton cloth used for underwear purposes, bleached and pure finish. Usually 34-in. to 36-in. wide, 36 yards long, and about 60 ends and 60 picks per inch, 30's warp and 30's weft, cotton yarns. Made for the home trade, and for export to India, China, etc. The original longcloth was a very fine one, and made from 60's/40's to 80's/60's super yarns and 96 ends and 90 picks per inch. The cloth for export is made about 34-in. 72 ends and 72 picks per inch, 36's T., 38's W., all American cotton. A style of plain cloth known as longcloth in the U.S.A. and used for children's and ladies' dress wear is made 39-in. to finish 36-in. from 80 ends and 76 picks per inch, 30's T., 40's W., to 100 ends and 100 picks per inch, and 50's warp, 70's weft, all cotton.

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