filature

[ fil-uh-cher, -choor ]

noun
  1. the act of forming into threads.

  2. a reel for drawing off silk from cocoons.

  1. the reeling of silk from cocoons.

  2. an establishment for reeling silk.

Origin of filature

1
1750–60; <French <Medieval Latin fīlātūra the spinning art, equivalent to fīlāt(us) spun (past participle of fīlāre;see filament) + -ūra-ure

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filature

/ (ˈfɪlətʃə) /


noun
  1. the act or process of spinning silk, etc, into threads

  2. the reel used for this

  1. a place where such spinning or reeling is done

Origin of filature

1
C18: from Medieval Latin fīlātūra the art of spinning, from fīlāre to spin thread; see filament

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