Handwaled

/ˈhændˌweɪld/ adjective

Definition

Marked with ridges or wales made by hand, typically describing textile or surface patterns created manually.

Etymology

From 'hand' plus 'waled' (past participle of 'wale,' meaning to mark with ridges). This describes fabric or surfaces deliberately textured by hand processes.

Kelly Says

Handwaled fabrics like corduroy are expensive because creating those perfect parallel ridges by hand takes incredible skill and time—modern machines can do it, but handmade versions still command premium prices because they look and feel better.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
እጅ ላይ
eej lay
ARالعربية
بيد
bid
BNবাংলা
হাতে
hate
CACatalà
amb la mà
amb la ma
CSČeština
rukou
roo-koo
DADansk
med hånden
med ha-nden
DEDeutsch
mit der Hand
mit der hant
ELΕλληνικά
με το χέρι
me to che-ri
ESEspañol
con la mano
kon la mah-noh
FAفارسی
با دست
ba dasht
FISuomi
kädellä
ka-de-lla
FRFrançais
avec la main
avek la mɛn
GUGU
હાથે
haathe
HAHA
da hannu
da han-nu
HEעברית
ביד
bid
HIहिन्दी
हाथ से
haath se
HUMagyar
kézzel
ke-zzel
IDBahasa Indonesia
dengan tangan
dengan tangan
IGIG
n'eche
ne-che
ITItaliano
con la mano
kon la mah-noh
JA日本語
手で
te-de
KKKK
qollar
qollar
KMKM
ដោយដៃ
doi dai
KO한국어
손으로
son-e-ro
MRMR
हाताने
haata-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
dengan tangan
dengan tangan
MYမြန်မာ
လက်ဖြင့်
let h-pyin
NLNederlands
met de hand
met de hant
NONorsk
med hånden
med ha-nden
PAPA
ਹੱਥ ਨਾਲ
haath naal
PLPolski
ręką
re-koo
PTPortuguês
com a mão
kom a mhaw
RORomână
cu mâna
koo mah-nah
RUРусский
рукой
ru-koi
SVSvenska
med handen
med handen
SWKiswahili
kwa mkono
kwa m-ko-no
TAதமிழ்
கையால்
kai-aal
TEతెలుగు
చేతితో
che-ti to
THไทย
ด้วยมือ
due mu
TLTL
gamit ang kamay
ga-mit ang kamay
TRTürkçe
el ile
el ile
UKУкраїнська
рукою
ru-koo-yu
URاردو
ہاتھ سے
haath se
VITiếng Việt
bằng tay
bang tay
YOYO
pẹ̀ ọkàn
pe ok-an
ZH中文
用手
yòng shǒu
ZUZU
ngomso ezwi
ngom-so ez-wi

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