To provide a felt which more strongly anchors, namely fixes, fibers, has a lower trend to leave marks, and has a higher damping ability, than those by conventional techniques.

This felt used in a paper-making machine, characterized by having a textile-backing element (20, 60) having yarns which are arranged in the lateral direction (30) and in the longitudinal direction (40) with respect to the carrying direction of the papermaking machine, forming a felt structure comprising needled fibers on the backing element, and disposing at least several of the lateral yarns (30) in a twisted structure.