schappen.
/ʃap/, /ˈʃapə/, U.S. /ˈʃɑpə/ A fabric or yarn made from waste silk (originally by removal of the gum by fermentation).
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1885 Harper's Mag. July 246 Now they [sc. waste cocoons] are spun into yarn,..and made into schappe or ‘spun silk’ fabrics, not as lustrous as reeled silk goods, but stronger and cheaper.
1902 W. I. Hannan Textile Fibres Commerce 177 Schappe Silk—This is known also as spun silk.
1921 R. Beaumont & W. G. Hill Dress, Blouse, & Costume Cloths 94 The ‘Schappe’ or ‘steeping practice’ consists in placing the supply of waste silk in jacketed pans.
1932 Sale Catal. Tailored Blouse, made of schappe silk.
1969 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles (ed. 7) iii. 129 Spun or schappe yarns which are short fibred and free or partly free from silk-gum are made from silk waste.
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schappe v. (transitive) to ferment (waste silk) in order to remove gum.
ˈschapping n.
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1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Schapping, n.
1957 Textile Terms & Defs. (Textile Inst.) (ed. 3) 124 Schapping, a continental method of degumming, applied to silk waste, that removes part of the gum by a fermentation process. Up to 10 per cent of gum may remain on the fibre.
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