Words change from one region and trade to the next. This glossary helps you compare offers and order the right product.
- Guenille
- Québec French for a rag made from old fabric, used for cleaning or wiping. Guenilles are often sold by weight, in bags.
- Chiffon d'essuyage (wiping rag)
- General term for a piece of fabric used to wipe oil, grease, liquids or dust. Also called a wiper.
- Shop rag (chiffon d'atelier)
- A rag used in garages and workshops.
- Linge
- In Québec, "un linge" also means a cleaning cloth or towel, as in "linge à vaisselle" (dish towel).
- Torchon
- Word used more in France than in Québec for a cleaning rag or dish towel.
- Terry (ratine)
- Looped towel fabric. Thick and highly absorbent. Québec French calls it ratine.
- Jersey (T-shirt)
- Knitted cotton fabric from T-shirts. Thin, soft and low-lint.
- Low-lint (peu pelucheux)
- Leaves few fibers on the surface.
- No color transfer (sans transfert de couleur)
- White rag that leaves no dye on the wiped surface.
- Post-consumer textile
- Used clothing and fabric collected after use, then sorted and turned into rags.
- Sold by weight
- Rags are sold by the pound (lb) rather than by the piece, because piece sizes vary.
- Bedbug treatment (traitement anti-punaises)
- Treating textiles against bedbugs before packing.