devoré

See also: devore, dévoré, dévore, Devore, and DeVore

English

Devoré applied to green velvet fabric

Etymology

From French dévoré, past participle of dévorer (“to devour”).

Noun

devoré (uncountable)

1. A fabric technique particularly used on velvets, where a mixed-fibre material undergoes a chemical process to dissolve the cellulose fibres to create a semi-transparent pattern against more solidly woven fabric.
   • 1995, Textile Outlook International, numbers 57–59, Economist Publications Limited, page 53:

     Boiling, felting or printing using devoré techniques is employed to alter the handle or appearance of the cloth.

   • 2002, Katherine Duncan Aimone, The Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art, New York, N.Y.: Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 19:

     For instance, she is combining cotton cheesecloth and polyester chiffon to make cloqué jackets or using devoré to distress linen/silk to produce a “shaggy” layer bonded to gauze.

   • 2020, Sue Westergaard, Screenprinting on Textiles: The Complete Guide‎^[1], Ramsbury, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd, →ISBN:

     Large areas of the velvet pile have been removed using devoré, leaving most of the fabric as a transparent gauze.

Further reading

• devoré on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Verb

devoré

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of devorar