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Record 1 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
CONT

After the leaves [of the jute plant] have been removed, the stems are left for 3 or 4 days in the field, and are retted for a period of 3 to 30 days in a sluggish stream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
DEF

Éliminer par immersion plus ou moins prolongée, les matières pectiques de la zone libérienne, dans lesquelles sont noyés les faisceaux de fibre de certaines plantes textiles (lin [) afin d'extraire ces fibres.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
  • Fibras bastas
DEF

Dejar macerar en el agua los tallos de lino, cáñamo, esparto, etc., con objeto de destruir la materia gomosa que mantiene unida las fibras y facilitar así la desfibración.

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