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Button glossary

This is a collection of terms related to button holes and shank shape, material, how sizes are expressed, attachment methods, and construction.

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Black Mother Of PearlBlack-lip pearl oyster shell
Black mother of pearl is a shell button material made from the nacre …
Button AttachmentButton sewing
Button attachment is the sewing operation of attaching buttons used f…
Buttonhole
A buttonhole is the reinforced opening in a textile used to pass a bu…

Casein Button
A casein button is a button molded from casein, a milk-derived protei…
Chinese ButtonChinese knot button
A Chinese button is a decorative fastening with a Chinese-style desig…
Cloth ButtonCovered button
A cloth button is a button finished by covering a metal or resin core…
Combination Button
A combination button is a decorative, three-dimensional button made b…
Crest Button
A crest button is a decorative button with designs such as shields, c…

Four-hole Button
A four-hole button is a flat button with four thread-through holes on…

Glass Button
A glass button is a button made by molding glass, an apparel material…

Keyhole Buttonhole
A keyhole buttonhole is a buttonhole with one end of a straight slit …
Kissing Buttons
Kissing buttons are a construction detail in which multiple buttons a…

Leather Button
Leather buttons are buttons that use genuine leather on the surface o…
Ligne
Ligne is a traditional unit used mainly to indicate the outer diamete…

Metal Button
A metal button is a button made from metal or a metal-look material, …

Nut ButtonCorozo nut button
A nut button is a button made by carving the endosperm of the tagua p…

Polyester Button
A polyester button is a button made by molding and processing polyest…

Real Buffalo Horn ButtonHorn button
A real buffalo horn button is a natural-material button made by proce…
Ring ShankLoop shank
A ring shank is a shank button foot shape in which a ring-shaped foot…

Shank Button
A shank button is a button attached by passing thread through the sha…
Shank WrappingThread shank
Shank wrapping is a button-sewing method in which a thread shank is m…
Shell Button
A shell button is a button made by processing shell, and it is a garm…
Straight Buttonhole
A straight buttonhole is a straight buttonhole reinforced at the edge…
Surgeon's CuffsWorking cuffs
Surgeon's cuffs are a tailoring detail in which actual functional but…

Tack Button
A tack button is a mainly metal button that secures fabric by sandwic…
Toggle Button
A toggle button is a button with a long, slender bar-shaped body that…
Trochus Shell
Trochus shell is a material for shell buttons made by processing the …
Tunnel Shank
A tunnel shank is a button shank shape with a tubular or bridge-like …
Two-hole Button
A two-hole button is a flat button without a shank, sewn on by passin…

UnderbuttonBacking button
An underbutton is a small button attached behind the position where t…
Urea Button
A urea button is a button made by molding urea resin, and it is easy …

White Mother Of Pearl ShellWhite-lip pearl oyster shell
White mother of pearl shell is a natural material made from the nacre…
Wood ButtonWooden button
A wood button is a button made by processing wood, and it is an acces…