textured, a.
(ˈtɛkstjʊəd)
[f. as prec. + -ed2.]
a. In comb. with adj.: of a (specified) texture. Later freq. without specific adj.: Provided with a texture, esp. as opposed to smooth or plain.
| 1888 Daily News 1 May 5/7 One of the infinitely light-textured homespuns. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 3/2 The addition of some very fine textured lace. 1905 Ibid. 20 Sept. 8/1 A close-textured, nutty-flavoured, easily-digested loaf. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Jan. 64/1 The method of colour woodcut, with its bold lines and textured tones, suits very well an artist whose painting is apt to be a little thin. 1938 Burlington Mag. Apr. 200/2 Plain or ‘textured’ weaves. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA 100 The textured concrete wall finish. 1959 Times 12 Jan. 11/5 Textured: a term frequently met with indicating a process has been used that fluffs up surface or fabric giving greater density, softness of handle and appearance, extra warmth and some degree of absorbency. 1962 Listener 29 Mar. 566/3 They [sc. the collages and picture reliefs] appear to have both an ambivalent scale, a tiny world of textured pleasure inside the larger images they set out to establish, and a somewhat suave finish. 1969 Amateur Photographer 21 May 56/1 These units..have black cases of plastic with simulated textured panelling. 1977 Time 7 Feb. 54/1 Her far-flung locations are not textured settings but flimsy sets where the author vainly attempts to stage her quiet drama of rootlessness and disaffection. |
b. textured yarn, a yarn which has been modified so as to give a special texture to the fabric.
| 1960 Which? Jan. 17/2 In recent years..methods of treating continuous filament synthetic yarns have been introduced that modify their properties remarkably. These modified yarns are described as ‘textured’. 1964 Ibid. Sept. 285/1 Textured yarns are mainly of two kinds—bulked yarns and stretch yarns. 1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 543/2 Textured y[arn]. 1. Man-made continuous-filament yarns permanently heat-set in crimped manner or otherwise modified to give more elasticity, used to make stretch fabrics. 2. Man-made filament yarns processed to change their appearance; e.g., abraded. |
c. Designating protein foods derived from vegetables but given a texture that resembles meat, esp. in textured vegetable protein (cf. TVP s.v. T 6 a).
| 1968 Manch. Guardian Weekly 11 July 12/3 The second exciting stage was launched this May by a Minneapolis manufacturer... TVP (textured vegetable protein) ‘could hardly look or taste better..’, the makers claim. 1970 New Scientist 24 Dec. 561/2 There is already a big sale for..textured meat analogies. 1977 Times 23 Feb. 4/8 Mincemeat will sometimes be mixed with textured vegetable protein in 800 schools in Kent. 1983 Listener 21 July 23/3 Let us..settle down to textured soya sandwiches for tea. |