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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Each filature endeavors as far as possible to collect, stifle, and dry the cocoons in its own neighborhood; but dried cocoons, nevertheless, give rise to an important commerce, having its center at Marseilles.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
They should, on the other hand, be sold for the filature.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various
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 Hattie Longstreet Price
Shall we begin then our journey through the filature?
From The Story of Silk by Hattie Longstreet Price
We have described the processes by which cocoons are ordinarily cooked and brushed, these being the first processes of the filature.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
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