a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
a garment made of such a fabric.
First recorded in 1890–95
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Lander Reversible Sweats: These sweats out of Portland are reversible, containing two styles in one, and are made of soft double-knit cotton with no itchy seams, tags or zippers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
Will Eddie Murphy and his natty cohort in “Dolemite Is My Name” bring back the double-knit polyester leisure suit?
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2019
The double-knit insulation will keep you warm on windier seaside courses like Shinnecock and the stretch panels allow for a full range of motion for an unimpeded golf swing.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 14, 2018
Like “The Knick,” it’s a grim period piece that revels in the squalor of an earlier era, albeit one that swaps the corsets for double-knit suits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
As a club regular myself, I claw the rocks of terminal shame at these family gatherings, especially in the 1970s, when Papa shows up wearing a brown double-knit suit with tan top-stitching.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
But Perry, no doubt out of devotion to his wife, Lisa, a fashion designer who made the suit in the same double knit she uses for her mod dresses, decided to wear it that night.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2012
Second to Texfi is Deering Milliken, a privately held company that pioneered large-scale U.S. double knit production with woolens in 1959.
From Time Magazine Archive
Burlington Industries, the nation's biggest textile firm, began making double knit fabric only 18 months ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new fabric quickly transformed millions of buyers of woven cloth into double knit pickers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, because of the limitations imposed by the knit process, the subtle pinstripes and deep-tone colors of tweeds are still impossible to duplicate in double knit fabric.
From Time Magazine Archive
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