spun silk

How to use spun silk in a sentence

• There is another class of threads made from waste silk by spinning and known as spun silk.

  Textiles | William H. Dooley

• And how did you get such most wonderful hair, like spun silk, every bit of it?

  The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore" | R. D. Blackmore

• Her black hair was fine as spun silk; the coil under her hat-brim shone as she moved.

  Stories of a Western Town | Octave Thanet

• It is fed principally on the Hera, or Palma christi leaves, and gives sometimes 12 broods of spun silk in the course of a year.

  A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure

• I was wearing under my flannel shirt an under-vest made of wool and spun silk.

  Trooper 3809 | Lionel Decle