| 单词 | broad silk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroad silk broad silk n. silk woven in wide pieces, as distinguished from silk ribbons; also as a modifier, esp. in broad-silk weaver (cf. broad weaver n.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > broad silk broad-silk- the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > loom or machine for linen-loom1404 osset loom1543 traverse-warp machine1826 gauze-loom1858 braider1874 braiding-machine1874 velvet-loom1875 leno loom1964 broad-silk- 1673 F. Kirkman Counterfeit Lady Unveiled 137 He walks into Spittle-fields, and enquires for a Broad silk-weaver. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. v. 153 Now we now make at home all the fine Broad-Silks, Velvets, Brocades. 1883 American 5 262 The finest broad-silks..were produced in Macclesfield. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 85 Every weekday morning the ribbon weavers met at Helvetia Hall and the dyers' helpers and broad-silk weavers at Turn Hall. < as lemmas |
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