Brocatelle.—The real Brocatelle is a rich upholstery fabric, which has a raised figure of silk warp and weft interwoven in satin order, on a ground formed by a linen weft and a special binder warp. The name is also applied to quilts having a coarse white weft and two colours of warp, which latter change places for figuring purposes.
Broché.—The French term for Brocade. Elaborate figures woven on the surface of the fabric.
Brown Sheeting.—This term is the equivalent of "plain grey cloths" and covers all weights of cotton goods in the grey or unfinished condition.
Brown Shirting.—The term is restricted usually to mean such grey cotton cloths as have a width of 40 inches or less from selvedge to selvedge.
Bugis.—This name is given to a fine make of cotton sarong having only one side decorated with a border design. It is used by sewing two pieces together plain edge to plain edge, thus converting it into a sarong with both edges ornamented.
"Bump" Yarns.—Cotton yarns of coarse numbers below 3's, used for weft purposes in counterpanes and other coarse fabrics, are termed "Bump" Yarns. Sometimes the term Candlewick is used for very coarse counts. The counts in the case of "Bump" Yarns are denoted by the number of yards weighing 1 ounce.
This kind of weft is extensively used for coarse and heavy goods, such as bagging, Alhambra quilts, etc.
Example.—A yarn weighing 60 yards to the ounce would be termed 60's "Bump."
Bunting.—A plain, loose, even-thread weave of Mohair wool or worsted, used mostly for making flags. Bunting, which is a material having to be dyed, is made of wool and not cotton or other vegetable fibre for the reason that wool has a greater affinity for dye-stuffs than cotton and retains them better. There is, however, a cotton fabric woven from low-count yarns, generally known as either Butter Muslin or Cheese Cloth, which is sometimes called Bunting.