back-grey Calico-printing.
[back- A. 4, grey n. 1 b.]
= back-cloth 1, grey-back 6.
| 1896 G. Duerr Bleaching & Calico-print. 22 Very often unbleached pieces of cloth (called back greys) are used for the purpose of keeping the blanket from getting dirty too soon;..the ‘back greys’ are run between the blanket and the pieces which are being printed. 1897 C. F. S. Rothwell Print. Textile Fabrics 34 These pieces, or back-greys as they are called, are afterwards bleached and printed with their own patterns. 1963 A. J. Hall Textile Sci. iv. 204 Passing around this pressure cylinder..is a thick blanket..which is endless, a so-called ‘back-grey’ (unbleached calico). |