Light Nylon fabric with a box weave construction, which limits any tears. SHOWERPROOF COTTON Cotton fabric coated with a water repellent finish making it showerproof.

Used in lightweight leisure jackets a very fine woven fabric which despite its fineness is strong and resistant to tearing.

a woven fabric with corded yarns spaced at regular intervals in both the warp and filling, forming squares on the surface of the fabric. Originally intended so a tear in the fabric would not spread. Used mainly for outerwear and active wear.

Integrally woven pattern of heavier yarns within a fabric to restrict tear and crazing.

Very fine woven fabric, often NYLON, with coarse, strong yarns spaced at intervals so that tears will not spread.

A fabric woven with a double thread at regular intervals so that small tears do not spread.

made from nylon or polyester, it is the type of cloth usually used for kite sails. Ripstop refers to the squares of reinforcing fibres in the cloth which make it resistant to tearing. A rip will stop at one of the reinforcing fibres.

Fabrics that resist tear due to a checkerboard or diamond pattern of threads.