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gauze weave

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le⋅no

[lee-noh] noun, plural -nos, adjective
–noun
1. Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
2. any fabric in this weave.
–adjective
3. made in leno weave.

Origin:
1850–55; perh. Anglicized var. of F linon lawn, deriv. of lin linen (< L līnum flax)
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