fabric of the present invention has superior wearing qualities the cross machine side cross machine direction yarns have an eleven float which gives extra protection to the machine direction yarn knuckles on the machine side of the fabric thereby enhancing the life of the fabric in the combination weave repeat of 14 two machine direction yarns out of 14 are interwoven with each machine side cross machine direction yarn with a gap of only one machine direction yarn between these two machine direction yarns the one intermediate machine direction yarn is on the paperside of the fabric however thereby allowing the two machine direction yarns on the machine side to slide together to form a double interlace in addition because the intermediate yarn is on the sheet side the two yarns forming the double interlace can be buried further in the fabric giving protection from premature wear in addition the fabric has a good quality papermakers 39 surface the papermaking surface of the fabric is preserved because the machine direction yarn knuckles and cross machine direction yarn knuckles are close to or are coplanar the forming fabric of the present invention also has good drainage capacity there are an equal number of cross machine direction yarns in the machine side and paper side sets of cross machine direction yarns the cross machine yarns then can be stacked to provide good drainage the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof the present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not.