silk reeling; spinning; filature
Refers to the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons or spinning silk thread. Often used in industrial or historical contexts.
Raw silk is taken from cocoons at the silk-reeling factory.
In the Meiji period, the silk-reeling industry was a major export industry of Japan.
silk-reeling industry; silk industry
spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill
Compound of 製 (sei, 'manufacture') and 糸 (shi, 'thread'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used since the Meiji era for silk reeling.