| 单词 | souple silk |
| 释义 | > as lemmassouple silk Esp. in souple silk. Designating silk from which only a portion of the gummy sericin component has been removed and which is less soft and lustrous than silk which is free of sericin. Cf. soft silk at soft adj. 11b.In souple silk, gum removal accounts for a weight loss of typically 5–15%. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > silk > [adjective] > retaining natural gum hard1638 souple silk1828 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > made from specific forms of silk fibre or thread fillatrice-stuff1714 souple1828 supple silk1835 raw silk1866 schappe1885 souple silk1885 1828 R. Badnall View Silk Trade 42 The Silk Manufacturers at Lyons pay generally to their dyers a stipulated average price, which in the spring of the present year was about 1s. 3d. per lb., for all colours (excepting ‘ingrains’) whether soft or souple. 1885 J. J. Hummel Dyeing Textile Fabrics viii. 117 Souple silk is not so strong as boiled-off silk. 1927 R. S. Horsfall & L. G. Lawrie Dyeing Textile Fibres x. 283 In the case of degumming for souple silk, the object is to remove only a portion of the gum. 1964 S. R. Crockett Dyeing & Printing ii. 23 Varying grades of degumming are exemplified by ecru silk..souple silk..and boiled-off silk. 2004 K. Lacasse & W. Baumann Textile Chem. iv. 127 The following three types of silk can be differentiated, depending on the extent of degumming: cuite silk..; souple silk: semi-degummed silk with a weight loss of 6-12%; ecru silk. < as lemmas |
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