resist printing

noun

a fabric-printing method in which a dye-resistant substance is applied to certain specified areas of the material prior to immersion in a dye bath and subsequently removed so as to permit the original hue to act as a pattern against the colored ground.

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Compare discharge printing.

Words nearby resist printing

resistible, resistive, resistivity, resistless, resistor, resist printing, resit, Reşiţa, res judicata, reskill, reskin
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