warp yarn of the ground weave by an extra yarn or leno yarn similar to the leno yarn employed in the weaving of gauze application_number US 17489780 A description the portion of warp pile according to the invention shown in longitudinal section in fig1 and from beneath in fig2 comprises a ground weave f composed of warp yarns e g c1 c2 and weft yarns e g t1 t2 loops of pile yarn p and a leno yarn t the top of each pile yarn loop p lies against the lower side of a weft yarn t1 that is to say it appears on the reverse side of the finished weave along one particular warp yarn c1 loops of pile yarn p are formed only on the weft yarns t1 which are of odd number the branches of the pile yarn loops p pass through the thickness of the ground weave f between the warp and weft yarns and extend on the front side of the ground weave f over a certain length 1 to produce the pile effect the leno yarn t forms a first loop the top of which lies on the same weft yarn t1 of the ground weave as the top of the pile yarn loop p but on the front not on the reverse side of the ground weave f and a second loop the top of which.