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filature
[ fil-uh-cher, -choor ]
noun
- 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.
filature
/ ˈfɪlətʃə /
noun
- the act or process of spinning silk, etc, into threads
- the reel used for this
- a place where such spinning or reeling is done
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of filature1
C18: from Medieval Latin fīlātūra the art of spinning, from fīlāre to spin thread; see filament
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Example Sentences
The quality of raw silk depends, therefore, very much upon the skill and care bestowed upon its filature.
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The mechanism of the silk filature, as lately improved in France, is very ingenious.
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I came into this filature when quite young, and it has taken me years to find out even the little I know now.
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The boys exchanged a smile and passed on into the filature, as the factory where the reeling was done was called.
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Filature, fil′a-tūr, n. the reeling of silk, or the place where it is done.
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