double-knit









double-knit


double-knit or dou·ble knit, dou·ble·knit [duhb-uh l-nit, -nit] Word Origin noun

  1. a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
  2. a garment made of such a fabric.

Origin of double-knit First recorded in 1890–95 British Dictionary definitions for double knit double knit noun

    1. a knitted material made on two sets of needles that produce a double thickness joined with interlocking stitches
    2. (as modifier)a double-knit fabric
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