plain weave

American  

noun

1. the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.

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Etymology

Origin of plain weave

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The Indian subcontinent had been the home of muslin, a cotton fabric of plain weave, for centuries.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

It has a plain weave and a width of thirty-six inches.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

The cloth is, in general, woven with the plain weave, and the warp threads run in pairs, but large quantities of bags are made from cloths with single warp threads.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

Muslin is coarse and fine, bleached, unbleached, and half bleached, twilled or plain weave.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz

With the same reed put in eleven rows of plain weave, over one spoke and under the next.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy