kain lepas
English translation: long, seamless cloth
| 10:56 Aug 16, 2004 |
| Malay to English translations [PRO] Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Abd Latiff Bidin (X) Local time: 22:55 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | long, seamless cloth |
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peer agreement (net): +3long, seamless cloth Explanation: In days of yore, before needles were invented, sewing/seams were not done/necessary. Cloth (mostly white or in just a few other shades) right-off the 'weaver' were used directly as 'body wraps' like sarees. Even when there were more innovations, long, seamless textiles/fabrics were still popularly used in such forms & ascetics still preffred the simple home-spun fabrics, usually in an all-over body garment.... There are many references, 2 are provided below... Reference: http://www.india-crafts.com/textile_products/textile.htm Reference: http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/ancientgreece.h... |
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