filature
Americannoun
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the act of forming into threads.
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a reel for drawing off silk from cocoons.
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the reeling of silk from cocoons.
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an establishment for reeling silk.
noun
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the act or process of spinning silk, etc, into threads
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the reel used for this
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a place where such spinning or reeling is done
Etymology
Origin of filature
1750–60; < French < Medieval Latin fīlātūra the spinning art, equivalent to fīlāt ( us ) spun (past participle of fīlāre; see filament) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
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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."
From The Story of Silk by Price, Hattie Longstreet
But the percentage in a modernly equipped filature is very small.
From The Story of Silk by Price, Hattie Longstreet
Shall we begin then our journey through the filature?
From The Story of Silk by Price, Hattie Longstreet
In 1756, three thousand seven hundred and eighty-three pounds and one ounce of cocoons were received at the filature, and two hundred and sixty-eight pounds of raw silk reeled.
From Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe by Harris, Thaddeus Mason
Accordingly Pierre's box of lunch was stowed away in Henri's locker, and speeding across the little bridge that connected the filature with the throwing mills, the two boys entered the great factories.
From The Story of Silk by Price, Hattie Longstreet
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