What does «estopilla» mean in Spanish?
- Part of the flax or hemp finer than tow, which remains on the rake when it is passed through it a second time.
- Yarn and fabric made from it.
- Fabric made from this yarn.
- Canvas or cloth similar to gauze.
- Ordinary cotton fabric.
- In gastronomy, a kind of cotton cloth, also called cheese cloth. It was originally used to remove the whey from the curd during the cheese making process, hence its alternative name, although nowadays it has other uses such as making jelly, tofu, as a strainer, to clarify soups, to press and filter yogurt, to dehydrate fruits. It is also used to assemble compound sprigs, which are small bags containing spices that are placed in the soup or stew.
- (estopilla de Suiza) Ordinary chambray.