Editing Calico (section)

==Terminology==
[[File:Calico printing Wellcome L0011294.jpg|thumb|Calico printing]]

Printed calico was imported into the United States from Lancashire in the 1780s, and led to a linguistic separation: while Europe maintained the word calico for the {{Em|fabric}}, in the US it was used to refer to the {{Em|printed design}},<ref name=dreamstress>{{cite web |title=Calico, muslin, gauze – a history of fabric terminology – Part 2|first=Leimomi|last=Oakes|publisher=The Dreamstress|date=10 June 2010|url=http://thedreamstress.com/2010/06/calico-muslin-gauze-a-history-of-fabric-terminology-part-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514103846/http://thedreamstress.com/2010/06/calico-muslin-gauze-a-history-of-fabric-terminology-part-2/ |archive-date=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> where these colourful, small-patterned printed fabrics also gave rise to the use of the word calico to describe a cat coat colour: [[calico cat]]. The patterned fabric also gave its name to common names for two North American crab species, ''[[Ovalipes ocellatus]]'' and ''[[Hepatus epheliticus]]''.

In the UK, Australia and New Zealand:
*Calico – simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton<ref name=oed>{{Cite OED|calico}} See 2.b. and 2.c.</ref>
*Calico bag - a bag made of calico used by banks and other financial institutions
*[[Muslin]] – a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric
*Muslin gauze – US: muslin – simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric
*Gauze – extremely soft and fine cotton fabric with a very open plain weave
*Cheesecloth – US: gauze – any very light fabric, generally with a plain weave
*Tote bag - sometimes made of calico

In the US:
*Calico – cotton fabric with a small, all-over floral print<ref>Kadolph, Sara J., ed. (2007) ''Textiles'', 10th ed., p. 463, Pearson/Prentice-Hall {{ISBN|0-13-118769-4}}</ref><ref name=oed/>
*Muslin – UK: muslin gauze – simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric
*Muslin gauze – the very lightest, most open weave of muslin
*[[Gauze]] – UK: cheesecloth – any very light fabric, generally with a plain weave
*[[Cheesecloth]] – extremely soft and fine cotton fabric with a very open plain weave