Leno meaning

lē'nō
Weaving in which the warp yarns are paired and twisted.
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A fabric having such a weave.
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A type of weave in which the warp yarns are paired and twisted.
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A soft, meshed fabric of this weave.
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(textiles) A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
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Origin of leno

  • Perhaps from French linon linen fabric from lin flax from Old French from Latin līnum linen
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Italian leno (“weak, flexible")
    From Wiktionary

Leno Sentence Examples

  • Built on the left bank of the Adige, in the widest portion of the Val Lagarina (the name given to the Adige valley from Acquaviva, above Rovereto, to the Italian frontier), it is divided into two parts by the Leno torrent.

  • The slaves of the leno and the lanista were probably in most cases not only degraded but unhappy.

  • jay leno.

  • leno weave fabric [Krishnan et al in Franck] .

  • In millions of safely assume that good strategy against the jay leno.

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