filaturen.
/ˈfɪlətʃə/, /ˈfɪlətʃʊə/, U.S. /ˈfɪləˌtʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈfɪlətʃər/ 1.
a. The action of forming or spinning into threads; the reeling of silk from cocoons.
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filature1783
1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 27 Buying up the cocoons for the Italian filature.
1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) II. 277 Floss-silk is the name given to the portions of ravelled silk broken off in the filature of the cocoons.
b. attributive in filature-silk = floss-silk.
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1804 H. T. Colebrooke Remarks Husbandry & Commerce Bengal (new ed.) v. 153 The prime-cost of filature-silk [sic].
2. An establishment for reeling silk.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel > winding or reeling silk > place for
filature1760
1760 Ann. Reg. 1759 Chron. 165/1 The public filature at Savannah.
1772 B. Franklin Let. 5 May in Wks. (1887) IV. 477 (note) Fifty-four pounds [of silk] had been reeled at the filature of private persons.
1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. 11**/1 The process of Reeling the Silk from the Cocoons is carried on..in establishments called filatures.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 270 In the rear of the filature is a large fireproof building.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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