Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
back yoke with a cinch
English answer:
see below for explanation
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DarekS
May 29, 2006 11:24
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English term
back yoke with a cinch
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The question was previously asked on the polish-english forum. It is somehow connected with the trousers design, as the asker of the question claims. There is no more information. The back yoke, as I suppose, is rather about shirt design than about trouser design. Am I right? Can anybody explain what „back yoke with a cinch” can really mean?
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Kim Metzger
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Hi Darek - I do dressmaking as a hobby so I have some idea. A Yoke in any case is not limited to shirts - in this case it refers to a piece of fabric which is seamed across the top of the trousers, in other words the back legs of the trousers are not cut in one single piece as with 'classic' pants but with a separate part (the yoke) which covers the area going from the waist to the hips, enabling a better fit, and the usual method of cutting jeans.
Cinch in this case refers to a fastening at the centre back of the trousers which enables a better fit - there is a photo on the link below.
Hope this helps!
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http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/trousers/goldrush.html
Cinch in this case refers to a fastening at the centre back of the trousers which enables a better fit - there is a photo on the link below.
Hope this helps!
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-29 12:34:12 GMT)
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http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/trousers/goldrush.html
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A yoke can be placed on a shirt or skirt or even a pair of trousers. I really don't know what a cinch would be here. Perhaps a strap that can be tightened like a belt.
Yoke - Part of the garment that closely fits to shoulder, hips and other parts of the body that use its support.
http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/elem/learningcommunity/finepracar...
yoke: A cut of fabric seamed across the top of a pant, skirt or shirt. Yokes can sometimes be decorative, as in a cowboy shirt in which the yoke has become an integral part of the design, or can be practical, as in the split yoke of fine shirts that provides an excellent fit across the shoulders.
http://www.getkoze.com/glossary.asp
Back Yoke A piece of fabric that connects the back of a garment to the shoulders. This allows the garment to lay flat and drape nicely.
http://www.planetapparel.com/glossary.cfm
back yoke - A fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments.
http://www.dressking.com/search/glossary.htm
cinch
1859, Amer.Eng., "saddle-girth," from Sp. cincha "girdle," from L. cingulum "a girdle," from cingere "to surround, encircle," from PIE base *kenk- "to gird, encircle." Sense of "an easy thing" is 1898, via notion of "a sure hold" (1888). The verb is first recorded 1866.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cinch
Yoke - Part of the garment that closely fits to shoulder, hips and other parts of the body that use its support.
http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/elem/learningcommunity/finepracar...
yoke: A cut of fabric seamed across the top of a pant, skirt or shirt. Yokes can sometimes be decorative, as in a cowboy shirt in which the yoke has become an integral part of the design, or can be practical, as in the split yoke of fine shirts that provides an excellent fit across the shoulders.
http://www.getkoze.com/glossary.asp
Back Yoke A piece of fabric that connects the back of a garment to the shoulders. This allows the garment to lay flat and drape nicely.
http://www.planetapparel.com/glossary.cfm
back yoke - A fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments.
http://www.dressking.com/search/glossary.htm
cinch
1859, Amer.Eng., "saddle-girth," from Sp. cincha "girdle," from L. cingulum "a girdle," from cingere "to surround, encircle," from PIE base *kenk- "to gird, encircle." Sense of "an easy thing" is 1898, via notion of "a sure hold" (1888). The verb is first recorded 1866.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cinch
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