filature
/ˈfɪlətʃər/
noun
- A factory or establishment where silk is reeled from cocoons.
- The old filature in the village employed dozens of workers during the silk season.
- Visitors to the filature can watch the entire process of silk thread being unwound from cocoons.
- The abandoned filature now serves as a museum of textile history.
- The process or act of reeling silk from cocoons.
- Modern filature uses machines to speed up the reeling process.
- Filature requires careful handling to keep the silk threads unbroken.
- She studied the traditional filature techniques used in ancient China.