raw silk

American  

noun

1. reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.

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raw silk British  

noun

1. untreated silk fibres reeled from the cocoon

2. fabric woven from such fibres

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Etymology

Origin of raw silk

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

In recent years, the National Bureau of Statistics has quietly discontinued hundreds of series of data on narrow subjects, like the output of specific types of coal or raw silk.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022

His brown top, which combined the Japanese sewn fabric “sashiko” with raw silk knit, was splashed on the cover of the September 1973 issue of Elle magazine.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2022

In its heyday, mills around Suwa manufactured the bulk of raw silk produced in Japan and is still considered by some to be the birthplace of the country’s industrial revolution.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2019

She described raw silk as the flannel of the desert, and wrote evocatively of her home state in nearly all her books.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2016

The bedroom curtains were made of raw silk, and she told Aunty Uju, ‘Ahn-ahn, it’s a waste to use this material as a curtain! Let’s sew a dress with it.”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie