filature
the act of forming into threads.
a reel for drawing off silk from cocoons.
the reeling of silk from cocoons.
an establishment for reeling silk.
Origin of filature
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How to use filature in a sentence
The quality of raw silk depends, therefore, very much upon the skill and care bestowed upon its filature.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe mechanism of the silk filature, as lately improved in France, is very ingenious.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreI came into this filature when quite young, and it has taken me years to find out even the little I know now.
The Story of Silk | Sara Ware BassettThe boys exchanged a smile and passed on into the filature, as the factory where the reeling was done was called.
The Story of Silk | Sara Ware Bassettfilature, fil′a-tūr, n. the reeling of silk, or the place where it is done.
British Dictionary definitions for filature
/ (ˈfɪlətʃə) /
the act or process of spinning silk, etc, into threads
the reel used for this
a place where such spinning or reeling is done
Origin of filature
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