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** Batwing sleeve** **-** Also called a dolman sleeve. This style is cut very large at the armhole and extends to almost the waist, tapering at the wrist. It's usually not a "set-in" sleeve, but part of the garment. **Bootleg or Boot cut** - A pant style that is tapered to the knee and very subtly flares out to accommodate the bulk of a boot (flares have a much more noticeable flare, bell-bottoms have huge width
 * Ball-Gown**- A ballgown is a type of long dress that is fitted at the bodice, with a very full skirt. This is the most formal dress silhouette, usually reserved for the dressiest of occasions. The ballgown looks best on average height to taller women, as the full skirt visually cuts the body in half. However, the ballgown is a very forgiving style, hiding everything from tummies to full hips and legs.
 * Ballistic nylon** Ballistic nylon is a thick, tough synthetic fabric used for a variety of applications.
 * Batik** Batik is an Indonesian traditional word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on fabric.
 * Bias** The bias direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "**the bias**", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other.
 * Binding** In sewing, binding is used as both a noun and a verb to refer to //finishing// a seam or hem of a garment, usually by rolling or pressing then stitching on an edging or trim.
 * Blend** A Blend is a fabric or yarn made up of more than one type of fiber.
 * Bobbin lace** Bobbin lace is a delicate lace that uses wound spools of thread (the bobbins) to weave together the shapes in the lace.
 * Bobbinet** Bobbinet is a tulle netting with hexagonal shaped holes, traditionally used as a base for embroidery and lingerie.
 * Bombazine** Bombazine is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. It is twilled or corded and used for dress-material.
 * Braid** To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern.
 * Broadcloth** Broadcloth - material of superior quality.
 * Brocade** Brocade is the term for forming patterns in cloth with a supplementary weft.
 * Buckram** Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book, and although is more expensive than its look-a-like, Brella, is stronger and resistant to cockroaches eating it. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes.
 * Burlap** Burlap is a type of cloth often used for sacks.

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