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PREFERRED TERM
Spool  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "byssus". It refers to the mass strong, silky filaments, by which bibalve molluscs attach themselves to the surface of rocks or to fixed surfaces. It could refer also, as historical term, to an egyptian linen.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bobine (partie du métier à tisser)

French

Aspo

Italian

Carrete

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/831
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