Partial float weave fabric

An innerduct for a cable comprising one or more strip-shaped lengths of woven textile fabric configured to create a flexible, longitudinal compartment for enveloping a cable, wherein the woven fabric comprises a plurality warp yarns and a plurality of picks of weft yarns, wherein the weft yarns comprise a repeating first weft pattern of at least one monofilament yarn, at least one multiple-inserted multifilament yarn, and optionally at least one single-inserted multifilament yarn, wherein the woven fabric comprises an alternating pattern containing first weave zones and partial float weave zones,

• wherein in the first weave zones, the warp yarns pass successively over and under each adjacent weft yarn forming a plain weave,
• wherein in the partial float zones, at least a portion of the warp yarns float over some adjacent weft yarns including floating over at least one multiple-inserted multifilament weft yarn in at least a portion of first weft pattern repeats, and wherein outside of the floats the non-floating warp yarns pass successively over and under alternating picks of weft yarns.