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Gaberdine:
a firmly woven, warp-faced twill cloth.
Garnett machine:
a type of carding machine, equipped with rollers and cylinders covered with metallic teeth, which is used to open up hard and soft waste textile products with a view to recycling them.
Garnetting:
a technique for opening up hard and soft waste textile products with a view to recycling them (see also garnett machine).
Gatt:
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, a multinational trade organisation established in 1947 and based in Geneva, Switzerland. Gatt was superseded by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995.
Last referenced in:
Trends in US textile and clothing imports, April 2014
Gauge:
the number of needles per unit length (usually 1 inch) along a needle bed or needle bar or flat knitting machine. For circular knitting machines, the unit length is the circumference of the needle cylinder.
Last referenced in:
Global apparel markets: product developments and innovations, 1st quarter 2010
Gauze:
a lightweight open texture fabric produced in a plain weave or a simple leno weave.
Last referenced in:
The world nonwovens industry: ten smaller producers, part 3 of 3, 2013-14
Gel blocking:
a phenomenon that occurs when the swelling of a superabsorbent polymer blocks the passage of fluid into the centre of a fabric, thereby reducing the absorption capacity.
Last referenced in:
Developments in medical textiles, 4th quarter 2009
Gel coat:
a surface coating of polyester resin, either coloured or clear, providing cosmetic enhancement or weatherability to a fibreglass laminate.
Last referenced in:
Product developments and innovations in the home textiles market, April 2014
Generalised System of Preferences (GSP):
a system of tariff preferences operated by developed countries. The EU's scheme, introduced in 1971 and known as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), is designed to foster the development of developing countries by granting them easier access to the EU market in the form of reduced or zero import tariffs. Beneficiary countries granted GSP treatment are not required to contribute anything in return.
Last referenced in:
Editorial: China: from apparel manufacturer to apparel consumer
Geogrid:
a form of geotextile which is a relatively stiff, mat-like material with open spaces in a rib structure.
Last referenced in:
Markets for geosynthetic products and profiles of five leading manufacturers
Geomembrane:
an impermeable sheet of polymer, used in contact with soil or rock as part of a civil engineering operation. Geomembranes are used for such applications as lining reservoirs and waste dumps.
Last referenced in:
Markets for geosynthetic products and profiles of five leading manufacturers
Georgette:
a fine lightweight open fabric woven in crêpe yarns.
Geotextile:
a permeable textile cloth used in contact with soil or rock as part of a civil engineering operation.
Last referenced in:
Global technical textiles business update, 1st quarter 2014
GFRP:
glass fibre reinforced plastic.
Last referenced in:
Editorial: Carbon Fibre in Cars: Concept or Future Megamarket?
Gilet:
a waist- or hip-length garment, usually sleeveless, fastening up the front; sometimes made from a quilted fabric, and designed to be worn over a blouse or shirt.
Gimped yarn:
a yarn similar to bouclé in which the effect component is wrapped around the core yarn either tightly or loosely according to the amount of excess delivery and the doubling twist inserted. Generally speaking, bouclé yarns exhibit an irregula
Gingham:
a plain-weave lightweight fabric, usually made of cotton, with small checks.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Ginnery:
a factory where cotton ginning takes place.
Ginning:
the process of separating cotton lint from the seed.
Last referenced in:
Trade and trade policy: leading clothing suppliers to the USA
Glass transition temperature (Tg):
the temperature at which the polymer changes from a glass to a rubbery state.
GMT:
glass mat thermoplastic, a thermoplastic prepreg, offering better mechanical
properties than injection-moulded reinforced thermoplastics, thanks to the higher residual length of the glass strands. GMT is widely used in automotive applications such as under-body shields, seat structures and front ends. GMT is obtained by consolidating a glass strand mat with a sheet of polypropylene. The glass mat is obtained by chopping assembled rovings and
then needling the strands together. The intermediate product is delivered in
the form of rigid sheets and subsequently moulded by the end user.
Godet:
a driven roller on a textile machine around which a yarn is passed in order to regulate its speed during the extrusion and further processing of certain man-made fibres. The roller may be heated in order to heat the yarn which passes around it.
Last referenced in:
Global technical textiles business update, 1st quarter 2011
Gpd (g/denier):
a unit of force divided by the weight per unit length of a fibre, yarn or rope.
Grab tensile strength:
the strength at a specific width of fabric together with the additional strength
contributed by adjacent areas.
Grading:
a process of adjusting the size of each pattern piece to fit different body sizes.
Grandrelle:
a two-ply yarn composed of single yarns of different colours or contrasting lustre.
Granulation:
the process of forming new tissues.
Greige:
a term used to describe textile products prior to bleaching, dyeing or finishing. Some greige textiles may, however, contain dyed or finished yarns.
Greige cloth:
see grey cloth.
Grey cloth:
Grey cloth, also known as loom-state cloth or greige cloth, is a fabric in the condition in which it leaves the loom or knitting machine, ie before any bleaching, dyeing or finishing treatment has been given to it.
Grinning:
a flaw in a fabric, especially a ribbed fabric, that occurs either when warp threads show through the covering weft threads or when the threads have slipped, leaving open spaces on either side.
Grosgrain:
a plain-weave fabric with a rib in the weft direction, the rib being more pronounced than in a taffeta.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Ground:
a base cloth for printing.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European fabric fairs for spring/summer 2014
GRP:
glass reinforced plastic.
GSP:
see Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).
Guipure:
a lace construction produced by embroidering a thread pattern onto a fabric, the fabric being subsequently removed by chemical or other means to leave an open work lace.
Last referenced in:
Survey of the European Fabric Fairs for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Gunny bag:
a term of Sanskrit origin (Goni = sack) applied mainly to sacks and sacking made from jute but now used to describe other small bags made from other fibres, notably polypropylene.