Describes textiles in their raw, loom-state condition immediately after being woven or knitted. Greige fabric contains natural impurities, sizing, and oils, and has not undergone any wet processing like bleaching, dyeing, or chemical finishing. It is the baseline material before a mill transforms it into a consumer-ready textile.
Heard on the job
The shipment of greige cotton just arrived from the weavers and needs to go straight to the scouring baths.
Also heard as
- gray
- grey