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▪ I. ‖ souple
[F. souple supple a.]
A fabric made of silk which has been freed from gum by a simple boiling-off. Also souple silk. Hence ˈsoupling vbl. n., the act or process of partially degumming raw silk which is to be made into souple silk.
1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 62/2 For..making of gauzes, crapes, flour-bolting cloth, and for what is termed ‘souples’—the silk is not scoured. 1888A. Sansone Dyeing I. viii. 159 Souple Silk, silk which only loses 5 to 8 per cent of its weight, and is consequently not completely deprived of its gum. Ibid. 160 Soupling: Work 1½ hours in water, containing 3 to 4 grains of cream of tartar per litre. 1927Horsfall & Lawrie Dyeing Textile Fibres x. 283 In the case of degumming for souple silk, the object is to remove only a portion of the gum... An operation called ‘soupling’ then follows, when the silk is treated for one and a half hours in a solution containing three to four parts tartar per 1,000. 1964S. R. Crockett Dyeing & Printing ii. 23 Varying grades of degumming are exemplified by ecru silk..souple silk..and boiled-off silk.
▪ II. souple
Sc. and dial. f. supple. |