Glossary: The A-Z of Jeans

Welcome to the Denimhunters A-Z of Jeans. This is our constantly growing dictionary and glossary with our definitions of all those industry terms that you’ll find in many of our articles. To give you a quick overview we have listed the terms alphabetically with links to separate articles explaining and discussing each term. We hope you’ll find it useful and please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions or in any way disagree with our definitons.

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11MW and 13MWZ

A
Amoskeag
Anti-Fit
Arcuate
Atari

B
Back Cinch
Bartack
Belt Loops
Big E
Branding Patch
Broken Twill

C
Cast
Chain Stitch
Chambray
Combed Yarn
Coin Pocket
Crosshatch
Cuff

D
Denim
Dips
Draper Loom

E
End

F
Fabric Weight
Filling Yarn

G
Garment Dye
Guide to Dry Denim

H
Honey Combs

I
lndigo

J
Japanese Denim

L
Left-Hand Twill
Leg Twist
Loomstate