filature

English

Noun

filature (plural filatures)

1. The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
2. A spool or bobbin used for the above.
3. A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
   • 2011, Cultures of Knowledge: Technology in Chinese History, page 55:

     Weavers, reelers, wadders and those working in the filature refused to move, and when forced, produced inferior quality goods or ran away at the earliest opportunity, partly because they were separated from their families […]

Anagrams

• faultier

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.la.tyʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

filature f (plural filatures)

1. filature
2. spinning factory
3. watch, surveillance

   Les gendarmes l’ont pris en filature.

   The police put him on watch.

Derived terms

• prendre en filature

Further reading

• “filature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

filature f

1. plural of filatura

Anagrams

• fluitare, fluiterà