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PREFERRED TERM
Spinning  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the verb "spin", a word inherited from Germanic "spinnan" "spinna" "spine" "spinnen". The action or process of converting the fibres into thread or yarn, that is, the process of making yarn or thread from staple fibre. This process could be done by hand-labour or with machinery.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • The American Silk Journal. A Dictionary of Silk Terms. New York: Clifford & Lawton, 1915; CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Filature de schappe (technique)

French

Filatura

Italian

Hilatura (hilo discontinuo)

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/910
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