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n. - A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.

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Usage examples (20)
  • “Brooks Brothers is classic, ponk,” he says as he fingers his repp tie.
  • Aunt Judith's quaint sofa and chairs had always been covered with crimson repp, and the color seemed brighter in the evening light.
  • As the repp stripes are only small ones, we use for the satin a full harness, that is, one without open spaces for the repp stripe.
  • All together we have in the satin warp 6888 single and double ends to draw in; of these 252 ends are used for binders, on both sides of the repp stripes.
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