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double knit

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doub⋅le-knit

[duhb-uhl-nit, -nit]
–noun
1. a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
2. a garment made of such a fabric.
Also, double knit, dou⋅ble⋅knit.


Origin:
1890–95
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double knit also dou·ble-knit   (dŭb'əl-nĭt')
n.  A jerseylike fabric knitted on a machine equipped with two sets of needles so that a double thickness of fabric is produced in which the two sides of the fabric are interlocked.
dou'ble-knit' adj.
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