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  • noun Plastic landscape fabric which allows movement of air, water, and fertilizer into the soil.
  • noun A tightly woven fabric used to restrict the flow of fine particles and contaminants while allowing water to pass through freely; used to protect drainage systems from clogging.

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Examples

  • Made from a complex structure of pentagonal "geotextile" nodes that sense and react to the audience and over two years in the making, the organic form is lit from within ....

    Cool Hunting 2009

  • Made from a complex structure of pentagonal "geotextile" nodes that sense and react to the audience and over two years in the making, the organic form is lit from within ....

    Cool Hunting 2009

  • The initial campaign target was $25,000 to test the Primary Filtration Layer, a geotextile that would restrain all the most repellent gunk from the pool.

    Turnstyle: Forget Google+, The +Pool Is Coming Turnstyle 2011

  • The initial campaign target was $25,000 to test the Primary Filtration Layer, a geotextile that would restrain all the most repellent gunk from the pool.

    Turnstyle: Forget Google+, The +Pool Is Coming Turnstyle 2011

  • The recyclable synthetic sack material is a double-walled "geotextile" fabric that is permeable and allows dirt to drain and breathe.

    Fresh Picks: Highlights From the International Gift Fair in New York 2011

  • Coir geotextile is the natural solution to soil erosion and soil degradation and Coir Pith is used as soil conditioner and an effective medium for plant growth.

    Fab Fabrics: Coconut Fiber 2009

  • Additionally, each one will be accompanied in their slow, nomadic journey with “three-dimensionally woven geotextile bags” that not only reinforce the surrounding soil but will also be used as “allotments for prize-winning vegetables” or “a personal space for sunbathing.”

    The Retreating Village 2007

  • Additionally, each one will be accompanied in their slow, nomadic journey with “three-dimensionally woven geotextile bags” that not only reinforce the surrounding soil but will also be used as “allotments for prize-winning vegetables” or “a personal space for sunbathing.”

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • * HESCO Concertainer is a prefabricated, multi-cellular system, made of galvanised steel Weldmesh and lined with non-woven polypropylene geotextile.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Eric Wiley 2007

  • * HESCO Concertainer is a prefabricated, multi-cellular system, made of galvanised steel Weldmesh and lined with non-woven polypropylene geotextile.

    Scott's story: Mooches Eric Wiley 2007

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