Associations to the word «Filature»

Wiktionary

FILATURE, noun. The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
FILATURE, noun. A spool or bobbin used for the above.
FILATURE, noun. A place where silk is reeled onto spools.

Dictionary definition

FILATURE, noun. A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke