a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs
source: WordNet 3.0
a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs
source: WordNet 3.0
An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.
source: Webster 1913
verb
weave diagonal lines into (textiles)
source: WordNet 3.0
To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
