Filature
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Filature is a noun meaning The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
Meaning
The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
More Meanings
- A spool or bobbin used for the above.
- A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
Example Sentences
Weavers, reelers, wadders and those working in the filature refused to move, and when forced, produced inferior quality goods or ran away at the earliest opportunity, partly because they were separated from their families […]
Word Forms
- filatures
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include moulinage, spinning, parfilage, drafting, filatory, skeining.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.