greige goods

English

Etymology

From greige (“of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed”) +‎ goods.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/, /ɡɹɛʒ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/, /ɡɹɛʒ-/, /ɡɹeɪ-/
• Rhymes: -ʊdz

Noun

greige goods pl (plural only)

1. (textiles) Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed.

   Synonyms: gray goods, greige, grey goods

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)(by extension) Partially prepared or assembled goods which are sent to factories to be completed.

Translations

clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed

• Finnish: raakakankaat (textiles)
• French: grège (fr)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: grej (ro) n

Further reading

• greige goods on Wikipedia.Wikipedia