A fabric structure in which each element simply passes over or under elements that cross its path.

Excerpt from

Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295, citing Irene Emery, The Primary Structures of Fabrics (Washington D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1980, 2009): 62.