Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
France
bias
Je ne trouve pas de terme consacré pour "bias" dans le cadre de la description d'une chemise en flanelle à imprimé écossais.
Voici le contexte:
Allover plaid print with a fun bias at the back give this flannel a little extra.
Merci!
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Proposed translations
biais
Cette bande de tissu est ensuite pliée une première fois en son milieu dans le sens de la longueur (envers du tissu contre envers). Un nouveau pli est fait de chaque côté (envers du tissu contre envers). Ainsi cette bande de tissu est « refermée » pour pouvoir être placée et cousue autour d’une emmanchure, d’une encolure, etc.
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: Although the term is right, your explanation is wrong, referring to 'bias binding'; here it means something that is cut 'on the bias' means it is cut diagonally with respect to the weave direction of the material; can be used for effect, as shown here
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OK thanks! I've learned something today! Great to have everyone's input and experience.
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Annie Rigler
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Magali MagaliBoularand
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Quite apart from my original hunch, that this was about cutting 'on the cross' for a decorative effect, Bohy has already found for us a photo of the actual garment involved here, and it is abundantly clear that this is indeed what is involved: cut on the cross to produce a diagonal design.
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Tony M
: Yes, the sense given here for 'on the bias' is indeed the meaning required here. See additional context kindly provided by bohy.
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Discussion
Don't know why Asker tried to claim they "have little context", when you were able to find it right away!
OK, so the back of a shirt is often cut in 2 panels, sometimes with a yoke across the shoulders. If that is the case, the two panels may be cut 'on the bias', so that any kind of squared pattern ('plaid'?) would form an interesting 'chevron' pattern at the central seam where they join.
Note that it does not say 'bias-binding' but it does say 'a bias', whereas 'bias-binding' is more usually uncountable in EN.
Here's the kind of thing I was thinking of, although in this case, it is the yoke that is cut on the bias — probably more common, when you think about it:
http://truebias.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/...
What is the garment in question here?