Glossary
Textile Cutting Machine Operator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential textile cutting machine operator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key textile cutting machine operator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in textile cutting machine operator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Bundle
- Grouped pieces.
- Cut ticket
- Cutting order.
- Defect
- Flaw in product.
- Denier
- Fiber thickness measure.
- Doff
- Remove full packages or rolls.
- Drill hole
- Placement mark.
- Fabric
- Woven or knit textile.
- Marker
- Layout of pattern pieces.
- Marker efficiency
- Fabric use percentage.
- Nap direction
- Pile direction.
- Notch
- Alignment cut.
- Ply
- One layer.
- Shading
- Color differences between rolls.
- Spread
- Layers of fabric.
- Yarn
- Spun fibers.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Textile Cutting Machine Operator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Textile Cutting Machine Operator training.
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