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Grosgrain , also ''gros-grain'' and, rarely, ''gros grain'', is a type of fabric characterized by its ribbed appearance. In grosgrain, the weft is heavier than the warp, creating prominent transverse ribs. It is called a "corded" fabric since the weft resembles a fine cord. Grosgrain is a plain weave corded fabric, with heavier cords than in poplin but lighter than in faille.〔Kate Heinz Watson, ''Textiles and Clothing'' American School of Home Economics, Chicago: 1907: pp 91 ()〕 Grosgrain has a very dull appearance with little luster but is very strong. It is a firm, close-woven, fine-corded fabric.〔 While grosgrain fabric is generally black, it can be many different colors, and grosgrain ribbon comes in a large variety of colors and patterns. "Grosgrain" is commonly used to refer to a heavy, stiff ribbon of silk or nylon woven via taffeta weave using a heavy weft which results in distinct transverse ribs. Historically grosgrain was made from wool, silk, or a combination of fibers such as silk and wool or silk and mohair.〔 When a combination of fibers was used, the end result was sometimes given the name ''grogram'', ''silk mohair'', ''gros de Tours'' or ''gros de Napels''.〔〔Cheney Brothers, James Chittick, Emanuel Anthony Posselt, Berlitz Schools of Languages, ''A glossary of silk terms, including a short history of silk: its origin, culture and manufacture'' Cheney Brothers: 1915〕 ==Etymology== Grosgrain is both a direct French loan word and a corruption of and folk adaptation of the French word ''grogram''.〔Joseph Shipley, ''Origins of English Words'', JHU Press: 2001 ISBN 0-8018-6784-3, 671 pages: pp 121〕 Grogram, originally ''gros gram'' (appeared in literature in 1562), is defined as a coarse, loosely woven fabric of silk, silk and mohair, or silk and wool.〔''Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary'', Merriam-Webster Inc: pp 551〕 The adjective ''gros'' means "relatively very large", hence coarsely big and fat, thence coarse, originally from the Old French ''gros'', itself derived from the Latin ''grossus''.〔Ernest Weekley, ''An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'', Courier Dover Publications: 1967, ISBN 0-486-21873-2: pp 668〕 "Grain" is derived from Old French ''graine'', itself derived from the Latin ''grana'' (plural of ''granum'') – seed or in some contexts texture.〔"Grosgrain". ''The Oxford English Dictionary''. 2nd ed. 1989.〕 Thus ''gros gram'', ''grogram'' and ''grosgrain'' are all one and the same: a large grain hence coarse texture, thence a coarse-textured fabric.〔〔Charles Talbut Onions, George Washington Salisbury Friedrichsen, R. W. Burchfield, ''The Oxford dictionary of English etymology'', Clarendon P.: 1966: 1025 pages〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grosgrain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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