PREFERRED TERM
Bourrette
DEFINITION
- n. Resulting carded yarn from the silk waste produced during the spinning process.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
- bourete
- bourette silk
- bourrette silk
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bourrette (fil)
French
Borra di seta
Italian
roccadino
Borra de seda
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/90
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