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thread count

n. a measure of the fineness of fabric; the total number of vertical and horizontal threads per unit of surface such as a square inch.

Usage examples of "thread count".

The master weavers define the names applied to textiles, determining the fiber content, the thread count, and the weave necessary for a particular textile.

She could feel the thread count of the fabric of his shirt, feel his woolly chest hairs beneath it.

It must have a thread count of eighty to eighty-four threads per inch in both length and width and must weigh four ounces or more per square yard.

There was a lens for examining fabric closely, a rule to determine thread count, a small pair of scissors, other thingsexactly what he'd dreaded seeing.

Five full-length bolts of Hamorian first rate cotton, thread count guaranteed tighter than sixscore to the span, ready to bleach and dye.

They were good quality, one hundred percent cotton with a thread count of three hundred.