spun silk

American  

noun

1. yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed.

2. a fabric woven from this yarn.

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spun silk British  

noun

1. yarn or fabric made from silk waste

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Etymology

Origin of spun silk

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

At one point, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes lets loose, his limbs rippling like spun silk.

From New York Times

Though the sculptures, which she continued making through 2018, evolved in composition over the years, Chase-Riboud created each using the same technique, manipulating thin sheets of wax into towering geometric forms, then casting them in bronze and draping them with skeins of spun silk and wool.

From New York Times

I thought of Bejashvili’s swift gestures as she held a white strand of newly spun silk in her small fist, the thread so strong neither of us could break it; I recalled Kipshidze pacing her studio, her voice quiet and almost somber as she showed me a piece from which faces were cut from bright fabric.

From New York Times

Her long braid ended with a finger-size curl that looked like spun silk.

From Literature

His hair was the pale, nearly translucent color of spun silk.

From Literature