reeled silk

American  

noun

1. a long strand made of silk reeled from a number of cocoons and not twisted or thrown.

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Etymology

Origin of reeled silk

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

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reeled silk

Japan also plans to reduce the number of reeling basins in the silk filatures, to limit the year's output of reeled silk to 450,000 bales as against last year's 550,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

It takes about twelve pounds of cocoons to make one pound of reeled silk, and that pound will produce from fourteen to sixteen yards of gros de Naples.

From Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney

This needs skill and practice, for the reeled silk must be kept of the same size.

From Makers of Many Things by Eva March Tappan

The locally reeled silk is used only for Island consumption and the great bulk of cocoons is exported in the raw state, mostly to Lyons and Milan.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan

It would be to the mutual benefit of England and Cyprus if a direct demand for Cyprus reeled silk could be created and modern reeling plant introduced into the Island.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan

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