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HARD-SILK [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

That which still contains the sericin or silk gum, undegummed.

Key term(s)
  • crude silk
  • silk in the gum
  • unscoured silk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
  • Filature (Textiles)
OBS

Décreuser : Lessiver un fil textile brut (dit cru, écru) avant tissage, teinture. - Spécialt. Lessiver le fil de soie grège pour le dépouiller de sa gaine de séricine (grès). - On dit aussi décruer, décruser. Soie décreusée (opposé à soie grège ou crue).

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