To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.
In fibres, the waviness in certain fibres, particularly in fine wool's and in certain rayon staple fibres. The difference between two points on a yarn as it lies in a fabric and the same two points when the yarn has been removed and straightened and expressed as percentage between the two points as the yarn lies in fabric. In wire cloth, crimp is the corrugations in warp and fill wires to lock the wires in place. Sometimes referred to as double crimp.
To grip in a way such that fingertips contact the hold with knuckles raised slightly.
make ridges into by pinching together
An organized or uniform waviness in an individual lock of fiber.
A grip in which the first knuckle is extended, allowing the fingertips to rest on a small ledge while the second knuckle is flexed.
The even, corrugated wave formation in the staple (lock) of huacaya fiber.
to cause to become wavy, bent, or pinched.
To decorate the edges of a pie crust by pinching the top and bottom crusts together with your fingers.
The waviness of a fibre or filament.
a) The waviness of a fiber expressed as crimps per unit length. b) The difference in distance between two points on an unstretched fiber and the same two points when the fiber is straightened under tension. c) The difference in the distance between two points when the yarn has been removed from the fabric and straightened under specific tension expressed as a percentage of the distance between the two points as the yarn lies in the fabric.
the degree of corrugation or regular wave found in locks of fibre. This can vary from an extremely tight crimp with many closely spaced corrugations to a lock that is completely straight with no wave or crimp whatsoever. The presence of crimp may give more elasticity to the fibre once it is processed into yarn and result in better performance of the yarn.
The natural waviness of the fiber in a wool undercoat.
A fiber's waviness, which determines the capacity of the fiber to cohere.
The accordion fold of natural fabrics that makes it easier to spin these fibers into yarn. Gives yarn its bulk and elasticity. Synthetic fibers must be given an artificial crimp to establish stretchability.
To pinch the edge of a pie crust together with your fingers or tines of a fork.
To seal the edges of a two-crust pie either by pinching them at intervals with the fingers or by pressing them together with the tines of a fork.
To pinch the edges of pastry together to form a fluted edge and or to seal in a filling.
Length or waviness added to a yarn when it is woven over-and-under in a piece of fabric. Crimp can contribute to the elongation of a fabric under load.
The regular undulation along the length of an individual fiber or lock of fiber. A higher number of crimps per inch can indicate a finer fiber.
To seal the edges of two layers of dough with the tines of a fork or your fingertips.
To pinch or press dough edges - especially Piecrust edges - to create a decorative finish and/or to seal two layers of dough so the filling does not seep out during baking. Edges of parchment or foil may also be crimped to seal in food and its juices during cooking.
Natural waviness of wool fibers.
To seal pastry edges together by pinching.
The natural waviness of huacaya alpaca fiber, which gives it a natural resilience and elasticity.
The natural waviness of wool fiber.
To decorate the edge of a pie crust by pinching the dough with your fingers or a fork. It serves to seal in the filling on a pie with two crusts
The "waviness" of the fiber or yarn when it is laid over and under fibers or yarns in a fabric. Crimp can contribute to the elongation of a fabric under load as it is "pulled out" of the loaded direction and "pushed into" the less heavily loaded direction.
Waviness or kink in a fiber.
To create a decorative edge on a piecrust. On a double piecrust, this also seals the edges together.
To seal the edges of two pieces of pastry together by pressing with fingers or fork tines.