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Definition of Filature
1. Noun. A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread.
Definition of Filature
1. n. A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.
Definition of Filature
1. Noun. The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons. ¹
2. Noun. A spool or bobbin used for the above. ¹
3. Noun. A place where silk is reeled onto spools. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Filature
1. the reeling of silk from cocoons [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Filature
Literary usage of Filature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century by Japan Nōshōmushō, Haruki Yamawaki (1904)
"filature. FIRST MODEL filature.—The reeling of raw silk having been carried on
exclusively by hand-reeling formerly, the product obtained was of the coarse ..."
2. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1831)
"I. REELING. i ARRANGEMENT OF filature. SEPARATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF COCOONS.
... The building designed for a filature should be lofty; open on one side ..."
3. The Foundations of Indian Economics by Radhakamal Mukerjee (1916)
"The country method is cheaper than the European filature method of reeling on
account of the following causes :—(1) The yield of ..."
4. Journal by California Legislature (1887)
"REPORT OF THE filature COMMITTEE. There have been four reels in operation. ...
The filature was open from nine o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in ..."
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