CRASH  , a technical textile

term applied to a species of narrow towels, from 14 to 20 in. wide . The name is probably of Russian origin, the simplest and coarsest type of the cloth being known as " Russia crash." The latter is made from grey flax or tow yarns, and sometimes from boiled yarns . The simple term " crash " is given to all these narrow cloths, but the above distinction is very convenient, as also are the following: grey, boiled, bleached,plain, twilled and fancy crash . A large variety obtains with and without fancy borders, while of late years cotton has been introduced as warp, as well as mixed and jute yarns for weft .