Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of spinning, drawing, or twisting into threads.
- noun The act or process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
- noun A reel used in drawing silk from cocoons.
- noun An establishment where silk is reeled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A forming into threads; the reeling of silk from cocoons.
- noun A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; a filatory.
- noun An establishment for reeling silk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.
- noun A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of drawing
fibres intothreads , especially the process ofreeling rawsilk fromcocoons . - noun A
spool orbobbin used for the above. - noun A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word filature.
Examples
-
In one appalling calamity, a hundred women died in a fire that engulfed a silk filature because the owner had locked them in from the outside.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
-
One of the worst places to work was a silk factory, or filature.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
-
Officials say her death at a Green Bay hospital from kidney filature is linked to the E. coli outbreak that spread to at least 19 states.
-
Officials say her death at a Green Bay hospital from kidney filature is linked to the E. coli outbreak that spread to at least 19 states.
-
In the “Thai Polyester Fiber” case we can analyze the multitude of problems encountered by two French firms involved in constructing and installing a $50-million polyester polymerization and filature plant in Thailand, in a joint venture with a major local business group.
Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000
-
Lebec were to fly in from Bangkok, where they were working together on the construction and installation of the Thai Polyester Fiber Plant TPF, a 1-billion-baht1 polyester polymerization and filature factory.2 TPF was the joint venture between CST and the Yipsoon Group, a family-owned textile conglomerate based in Thailand, which owned or operated more than 50% of the Thai textile industry.
Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000
-
In the “Thai Polyester Fiber” case we can analyze the multitude of problems encountered by two French firms involved in constructing and installing a $50-million polyester polymerization and filature plant in Thailand, in a joint venture with a major local business group.
Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000
-
Simple filature, which, through an automated continuous production line, produces bales of fibers, or
Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000
-
Lebec were to fly in from Bangkok, where they were working together on the construction and installation of the Thai Polyester Fiber Plant TPF, a 1-billion-baht1 polyester polymerization and filature factory.2 TPF was the joint venture between CST and the Yipsoon Group, a family-owned textile conglomerate based in Thailand, which owned or operated more than 50% of the Thai textile industry.
Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000
-
Simple filature, which, through an automated continuous production line, produces bales of fibers, or
Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies James E. Austin 2000
qms commented on the word filature
The nurture of worms will procure
The thread for a cloth to thrill couture.
There’s truly no ilk
For elegant silk
That’s patiently wound ‘round a filature.
November 19, 2017