spun silk

spun silk
noun
: a yarn or fabric made from short unreelable silk fibers that have been degummed — compare reeled silk

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1. yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Cf. reeled silk.
2. a fabric woven from this yarn.
[1750-60]

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spun silk noun
A fabric made from waste silk fibres, sometimes mixed with cotton
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Main Entry: ↑spun

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spun silk,
silk waste spun into yn: »

Short fibers spun from the silk from pierced cocoons is called spun silk (Bernice G. Chambers).

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n. yarn made of short-fibered and waste silk
■ fabric made from this yarn

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • spun silk — spun′ silk′ n. 1) tex yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed 2) tex a fabric woven from this yarn • Etymology: 1750–60 …   From formal English to slang

  • spun silk — n. a kind of yarn made from silk floss or waste …   English World dictionary

  • spun silk — 1. yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Cf. reeled silk. 2. a fabric woven from this yarn. [1750 60] * * * …   Universalium

  • spun silk — noun a cheap material made of short fibred and waste silk …   English new terms dictionary

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  • silk flower — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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