Editing Textile (section)

=== Fabric ===
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A "fabric" is defined as any thin, flexible material made from yarn, directly from fibers, polymeric film, foam, or any combination of these techniques. Fabric has a broader application than cloth.{{sfn|Smith|1982|p=207}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kadolph |first=Sara J. |url=http://archive.org/details/textiles0010kado |title=Textiles |date=2007 |location=Upper Saddle River, N.J. |publisher= Pearson Prentice Hall |isbn=978-0-13-118769-6 |pages=469}}</ref> Fabric is synonymous with cloth, material, goods, or [[piece goods]].{{sfn|Elsasser|2005|p={{pn|date=January 2025}}}}<ref name="Fairchild 1959" /> The word 'fabric' also derives from Latin, with roots in the [[Proto-Indo-European language]]. Stemming most recently from the [[Middle French]] {{lang|fr|fabrique}}, or "building," and earlier from the Latin {{lang|la|fabrica}} ('workshop; an art, trade; a skillful production, structure, fabric'), the noun {{lang|la|fabrica}} stems from the Latin {{lang|la|faber}}" artisan who works in hard materials', which itself is derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''dhabh-'', meaning 'to fit together'.<ref>{{OEtymD|fabric|access-date=2012-12-11}}</ref>