#textile industry

• Steaming — The act of steaming or fogging and its result; the physical or technological process of treating, moistening, or heating a body or a fabric using vapor. In a meteorological or domestic sense, it represents the gradual accumulation of condensation on cold surfaces, leading to decreased visibility or altered environmental humidity within an enclosed space.
• Bleacher — A worker specialized in bleaching clothes, textile fabrics, or cellulose in industrial or traditional crafting processes. As an adjective, it refers to a substance, chemical compound, or apparatus that produces whitening or bleaching.
• Alkali cellulose — An intermediate product obtained in the chemical industry by treating cellulose with a concentrated solution of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda). This compound plays an essential structural role in the manufacture of viscose, rayon, and cellophane, facilitating the subsequent chemical reactivity of fibers by altering the macromolecular molecular arrangement.
• Astrakhan — Fine pelt with very short, silky, and curled fur, obtained from Karakul lambs slaughtered in the first days after birth or from miscarriages (in which case it is called breitschwanz). In a modern commercial sense, the term also describes an artificial fabric made of wool or synthetic fibers that closely mimics the looped texture and glossy appearance of this luxury natural fur, used in making coats, collars, and hats.
• Astragan — A regional or popular phonetic variant of the noun 'astracan'; fine fur with short, curled hair obtained from Karakul lambs, used in manufacturing luxury clothing items. In the everyday language of certain areas, the term also refers to thick synthetic fabrics that closely mimic the curly, glossy, and soft texture of natural pelt, utilized for collars, hats, and winter coats.
• Astrakhan fur — A lexicographical and commercial variant of the noun 'astracan'; fine pelt with short, silky, and tightly curled fur obtained from Karakul lambs in their first days after birth. In the modern textile industry, the term also denotes a heavy wool or synthetic fabric with a pronounced looped texture mimicking the glossy appearance of natural fur, widely used for making winter coats, collars, and hats.