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tuft

(tŭft)

1. A short cluster of elongated strands, as of yarn, hair, or grass, attached at the base or growing close together.

2. A dense clump, especially of trees or bushes.

v. tuft·ed, tuft·ing, tufts

v.tr.

1. To furnish or ornament with tufts or a tuft.

2. To pass threads through the layers of (a quilt, mattress, or upholstery), securing the thread ends with a knot or button.

v.intr.

1. To separate or form into tufts.

2. To grow in a tuft.

[Middle English, probably alteration of Old French tofe, from Late Latin tufa, helmet crest, or of Germanic origin.]

tuft′er n.

tuft′y adj.

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tuft•ing

(ˈtʌf tɪŋ)

n.

1. the act or process of making tufts.

2. tufts collectively, esp. as decoration.

[1545–55]

Translations

touffetage

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The base has an upper surface and a lower surface and the base is tufted through with a tufting material to form a number of tufts on the base upper surface and a number of tufting material loops on the base lower surface.

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Shaw owns one of two $1.6 million tufting machines in the world, which the company will use to further develop its rug lines, Meadows said.

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Similarly, Alex Peykar, principal of Nourison, points to the success of his company's Nourison 2000 collection, also constructed with wool and silk, and featuring a tufting density comparable to a hand-knotted rug with about 250 knots per inch.

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In the last 50 years, as weaving evolved and tufting was invented, man-made fibers augmented the naturals -- grass, cotton and wool.

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"They are handcrafted on a four-needle table-top tufting machine in 100 percent cotton, with a suggested retail from $12.99 to $14.99," she explained.

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Allan Wagenheim, president and chief executive of Trans Ocean, said, "Hand-tufted rugs have always been a very good category, but the market seems to be really expanding right now -- and much of the growth is due to new ways in which the tufting techniques can be utilized to make some very exciting products.