- Plated Hosiery
- PLATED HOSIERYA system of knitting two yarns together in the same stitch of which one thread is arranged to lie behind the other in the fabric, this being usually done to produce fabrics of greater strength and higher wearing power. It is a method adopted to enable a more costly material to appear on the face, with a sub-stratum of a cheaper yarn.
Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.