coarse silk from outside of cocoon; waste silk thread
Technical term in sericulture; refers to the rough outer layer of silk filament that is not suitable for fine reeling and is used as a lower-grade thread.
Noshi-ito is a coarse silk thread obtained from the outside of the cocoon and does not become high-quality raw silk.
Formed from 熨す, “to stretch or flatten,” and 糸, “thread,” referring to coarse silk fibers drawn from the outside of a cocoon.