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weathering: the surface deterioration of a hose woven fabric: a flat structure composed of two
cover during outdoor exposure, as shown by series of interlacing yarns or filaments, one
checking, cracking, crazing and chalking. parallel to the axis of the fabric and the other
transverse.
weft: a term used for filling. See filling.
woven jacket: see jacket.
weftless cord fabric: a cord fabric either
without filling yarns or with a few small filling WP: the abbreviation for working pressure.
yarns widely spaced.
wrap: see straight wrap and cross wrap.
wire braid: see braid.
wrapped cure: a vulcanizing process using a
wire loop: in braided hose, a loop in the wire tensioned wrapper (usually of fabric) to apply
reinforcement caused by uneven tensions external pressure.
during bobbin winding or braiding.
wrapper marks: the impressions left on the
wire reinforced: a hose containing wires to surface of a hose by a material used during
give added strength, increased dimensional vulcanization. Usually shows characteristics of
stability, or crush resistance. See also: a woven pattern and wrapper edge marks; see
reinforcement. also: wrapped cure; wrinkled ply; buckled ply.

wire throw-out: (1) in braided hose, a broken Y
end or ends in the wire reinforcement yarn: a generic term for continuous strands of
protruding from the surface of the braid; (2) a textile fibers or filaments in a form suitable for
displaced coil in rough bore hose.
knitting, weaving, or otherwise interwining to
wire wound: having a single wire or a form a textile fabric. It may comprise: (a) a
plurality of wires spiraled in one or more layers number of fibers twisted together, (b) a number
as a protective or reinforcing member. of filaments laid together without twist (a
zero-twist yarn), (c) a number of filaments laid
wire woven: woven with the wire together with more or less twist, (d) a single
reinforcement applied helically by means of a
circular loom. filament with or without twist (a
mono-filament), or (e) one or more strips made
working pressure: the maximum pressure to by the lengthwise division of a sheet of
which a hose will be subjected, including the material, such as a natural or synthetic polymer,
momentary surges in pressure which can occur a paper or metal foil used with or without twist
during service Abbreviated as WP. in a textile construction.

yarn number: the number of hanks in a
pound, usually cotton.

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