| Kairi |
A Green Mango. |
| Kairi Buti |
A Floral Motif In Indian Textile Design, Based On The Form Of A Green Mango With A Light Curve At The Tip. |
| Kalabatton |
Silver-gilt Thread, Used In Embroidery. |
| Kalgha |
A Popular Motif In Indian Textile Design, Broadly Cypress-shaped And Curving To One Sides At The Top; Crest. |
| Kali |
Gore Wedge-shaped, Triangular Piece Of Cloth. |
| Kalidar Ghagra |
Ghaghra (q.v.) Made Up Of Many Gored Pieces And Thus Flared In Early Sanskrit Literature. |
| Kanjari |
Blouse Like Garment, Worn A Little Long In Front And Generally Backless, Held Together With Tie-cords, With No Shaped Parts Like Cups. From Sanskrit Kanchuki. |
| Kantop |
Literally, 't0pi, Worn Around The Ears'. This Kind Of Cap Covers The Ears And The Back Of The Neck To Protect These Parts From Excessive Heat And Cold. |
| Kapadu |
Cloth Used To Cover The Breasts. In Rajasthan And Gujarat A Simple Choli-blouse Is Sometimes Referred To By This Name. |
| Kapok |
A Unicellular Seed Hair Obtained From The Fruit Pods Of The Kapok Tree Eriodendron Anfractuosum ( Formerly Known As Ceiba Pentranda)., Note. The Fibre Is Also Called Ceba, Ceiba, Java Cotton Silk Cotton, Silk Floss Etc. Indian Kapok Comes From Bombax Malabaricum. |
| Karchobi Work |
Work Similar To Zardozi (q.v.) In Which Gold Or Silver Metal Threads Are Sewn On To Satin Or Velvet With Metallic Threads To Yield The Effect Of True Embroidery. |
| Kasnis |
Tie-cords Or Strings Used For Tightening. |
| Katoris |
Cups; The Word Is Used To Describe Breast-cups As In A Choli (q.v.) Or Angia (q.v.). |
| Keba |
See Cocoon Stripping |
| Kemp |
A Coarse Animal Fibre With A Wide Lattice-type Medulla That Is Shed From The Skin At Least Once A Year; It Is Often Shorter Than Other Fibres Of The Fleece, Has A Long Tapering Tip, And, When Completely Shed, Tapers Sharply Towards The Root End. |
| Kenaf |
The Fibre Obtained From The Bast Layer Of The Plant Hibiscus Cannabinus., Note 1.. Kenaf Is Commonly Known As Mesta In India., Note2: Being Similar To Jute In Many Of Its Properties, Kenaf Is Used Either As An Alternative To, Or In Admixture With, Jute. |
| Kersey |
A Fulled, Woven Fabric, Generally Of Wool Or A Wool Blend, With A Fine Lustrous Nap. Used For Overcoats. |
| Kibisu |
See Frisons |
| Kilotex |
A Unit Of The Tex System. |
| Kimkhab |
Silk Fabric Brocaded With Silver And Gold. The Metal Thread Used For Brocading Is Made From A Fine Strand Of Flattened Metal Wound Over A Core Of Silk, Using Yellow Silk Under Gold, And White Silk Under Silver. |
| Kneeing |
An Unstable Condition Arising In Melt-spinning Wherein The Extrudate Forms An Inflexion On Leaving The Spinneret Instead Of Drawing Down Directly From The Orifice. The Molten Filament Thus Has A Knee-like Shape Just Below The Orifice. |
| Knit |
To Form A Fabric By The Intermeshing Of Loops Of Yarn. |
| Knitwear |
A Term Applied In The Generic Sense To All Knitted Outer Garments Except Stockings And Socks. |
| Kodel |
A Brand Of Polyester, Trademark Of The Eastman Chemical Company. |
| Kontush, Later Contouche |
Generously Cut Caftan-shaped Mantle Worn In Poland. The Term Passed To Germany And The Nordic Countries Where It Referred To Women's Gowns, Robes Volantes Or Gowns À La Francaise Worn In The 18th Century. |
| Kurdi |
A Jacket Or Coat Meant For Outerwear. The Garment Popular Under This Name In Persia Was Known In India As A Nadiji (q.v.). |
| Kurta |
Variously Described In The Dictionaries As "a Tunic, Waist Coat, Jacket, Shirt", The Kurta Became Popular In The 18th And 19th Centuries Essentially As A Slightly Loose-fitting Garment For Outer Wear, Often With A Round Neck, Of Knee-length Or Even Longer, With Side-slits At The Hem And Generally Flared Skirt. It Acquired Great Elegance As A Garment In Centers Like Lucknow And Hyderabad. |
| Kurti |
A Shirt-like Garment, With Most Of The Features Of A Kurta (q.v.), But Often Worn A Little Shorter. When Worn By Women, It Is Defined As 'a Short Bodice Reaching To The Hips, With Very Short, If Any, Sleeves, Open Under The Throat.' |
| Kv, Kw Values |
Measures Of The Filterability Of Viscose Expressed In Terms Of Either Volume, Kv Or Weight, Kw. |
