| 单词 | supple silk |
| 释义 | > as lemmassupple silk supple silk n. [probably an alteration of souple silk at souple adj.] a type of silk from which only a portion of the gummy sericin has been removed; = souple silk at souple adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1835 J. Bowring Second Rep. Commerc. Rel. France & Great Brit. 51 in Sel. Rep. & Papers House of Commons (1836) XXIII. Of late years it has been the custom to use supple silks for the warp, dyed, for the inferior qualities. 1918 Illustr. Milliner Jan. 116/1 Flat appliqué roses, made of the green-blue braid and of supple silk in dull rose, pink and blue. 2006 A. K. R. Choudhury Textile Prepar. & Dyeing 781 Partial degumming in the blended form may be carried out by boiling with sulphuric acid and magnesium sulphate (or soap) as in the case of scappe or supple silk. < as lemmas |
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