The boot cut jeans became part of the working outfit for American sailors during the 20th century; worn to perform menial tasks so that the sailors could get them dirty without worrying. The flower children of the 1960s and 70s adopted boot cut style..Read more..

A bottom-up approach (self-assembly processes) is a term used to describe one of two ways to fabricate nanometre size elements of integrated electronic circuits. This is by building nanostructures from atoms and molecules by their precise positioning on a substrate. Read more..

Bourdon stitching is a close, narrow row of decorative raised stitching such as a monogram, finished edge or accent

Bourgeois society is a term used to describe a is a type of society in which exchange relationships replace social relationships in which cultural items such as sports, drugs, foods, sex, and nature (air, water, biodiversity, etc.) become commodities exchanged for profit. Read more.

Box loom is a term used to describe a certain loom using two or more shuttles for weaving fabrics with filling yarns that differ in fibre type, colour, twist, yarn size or level. The box motion is automatic, changing from one shuttle to another. Read more.

To Boycott (derived from a campaign of ostracism on Captain Boycott) is a term used to describe abstain from or act together, or abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavour as a means of coercion. Read more.