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spun silk

noun

  1. yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
  2. a fabric woven from this yarn.


spun silk

noun

  1. yarn or fabric made from silk waste
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spun silk1

First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences

There is another class of threads made from waste silk by spinning and known as spun silk.

And how did you get such most wonderful hair, like spun silk, every bit of it?

Her black hair was fine as spun silk; the coil under her hat-brim shone as she moved.

It is fed principally on the Hera, or Palma christi leaves, and gives sometimes 12 broods of spun silk in the course of a year.

I was wearing under my flannel shirt an under-vest made of wool and spun silk.

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