Definitions for "Candlewick"
Keywords:  muslin, plied, fuzzy, tufted, chenille
A tufted pile fabric with a fuzzy surface that looks like chenille . It is made by looping a heavy plied yarn on a muslin base then cutting the loops. Used for bedspreads, robes, draperies.
Candlewick, a muslin-base fabric tufted with heavy plied yarns, provides fuzzy designs.
loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern
Keywords:  wick
the wick of a candle