Ter′ry-fab′ric.
（Weaving.) (Fr. tirer, to draw, to draw out.) A pile fabric, such as plush or velvet; probably from the drawing out of the wires over which the warp is laid to make the series of loops seen in Brussels carpet or uncut velvet. In some looms for weaving pile fabrics, mechanism is employed for actuating the wires, the terry loop forming the pile being obtained by inserting wires in a shed formed between the body warp and pile warp, which wires are woven in the fabric, to be again withdrawn in succession when a sufficient number of wires have been woven in the fabric to secure the loops or woven pile against the strain produced in the process of weaving.
