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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 715846 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain textile industry
ultusäär preferred
selvedge preferred
  • hargnemata kangaserv
  • the edge of a piece of woven material finished in such a manner as to prevent the ravelling out of the weft. Also, a narrow strip or list at the edge of a web of cloth, which is not finished like the rest of the cloth, being intended to be cut off or covered by the seam when the material is made up
ultusäär preferred
ultus
selvedge preferred
Usage examples
  • The fabric has a faded greenish printed inscription showing a company logo, measuring approximately 2 cm in width situated approximately 13 cm from the selvedge and continuously repeated at approximately 20 cm intervals along both edges.
selvage

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 701075 Last modified 08.03.2026
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Domain fishing - fish breeding & aquaculture
ühenduskoht preferred
õmblus
lacing preferred
selvedge
lacage
Lasche
jama
jame
  • ommel, joka liittää kaksi verkon reunaa toisiinsa
ühenduskoht preferred
õmblus
küljeõmblus
lacing preferred
Usage examples
  • 1. Meshes less than 50 cm from lacings, ropes or codline shall not be measured. This distance shall be measured perpendicular to the lacings, ropes or codline with the net stretched in the direction of that measurement.
  • 2. The number of meshes, excluding those in the selvedges, at any point on any circumference of any extension or lengthening piece shall not be less than the maximum number of meshes on the circumference of the front-end of the cod-end stricto sensu excluding meshes in the selvedges. This provision shall apply to all towed nets of which the mesh size is equal to, or greater than, 55 millimetres.
selvedge
lacage
ralingue
Lasche
Lasche
jama
jame

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