narrow wale
- noun
:
corduroy de canal estrecho
- The jacket is made of narrow wale corduroy, giving it a sleek, refined look.
Examples
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The jacket is made of narrow wale corduroy.
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This is a narrow wale fabric.
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Designers often prefer narrow wale for shirts and trousers due to its softer texture.
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Her narrow wale pants are comfortable and stylish for both work and casual outings.
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Designers often prefer narrow wale for shirts and trousers due to its softer texture.
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Her narrow wale pants are comfortable and stylish for both work and casual outings.
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The jacket is made of narrow wale corduroy, giving it a sleek, refined look.
Antonyms
How Fine
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'narrow' (not wide) describes the 'wale' (the parallel ridges), so it denotes corduroy with closely spaced, thin ribs. This compositional pattern is transparent and follows common cross-linguistic adjective–noun logic, so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Narrow wale comes from making cloth: a wale is a raised 'rib' in corduroy and narrow means thin. So the term describes corduroy with many close, thin ribs, which is why it refers to that softer, finer-ribbed fabric.