VIÉIS

English translation: Bias

21:35 Jun 18, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Material para Costura
Portuguese term or phrase: VIÉIS
Em: "acabamento em viéis"

Viéis: Tipo de fita de tecido com dobras em ambos os lados (no sentido do comprimento) utilizado para dar acabamento em trabalhos de costura.
Adriana Portas
Brazil
Local time: 10:48
English translation:Bias
Explanation:
Penso que o termo será viés. Assim sendo, o seu termo correspondente será "bias":

Bias
Adjective
1. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold".


Textiles
On a woven fabric, the bias is the 45-degree diagonal line, along which it is most stretchable, and along which the fabric is often cut.

tira de pano, cortada no sentido diagonal da peça.

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/translation/vi%C3%...



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Teresa Bento
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Local time: 14:48
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VIÉS
Bias


Explanation:
Penso que o termo será viés. Assim sendo, o seu termo correspondente será "bias":

Bias
Adjective
1. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold".


Textiles
On a woven fabric, the bias is the 45-degree diagonal line, along which it is most stretchable, and along which the fabric is often cut.

tira de pano, cortada no sentido diagonal da peça.

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/translation/vi%C3%...






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Teresa Bento
Portugal
Local time: 14:48
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Obrigada!

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