繭まゆかき

noun

removing silkworm cocoons from the cocoon holder

A sericulture term referring to the process of taking cocoons off the special frame or holder where silkworms have spun them.

• 繭まゆかきの作さ業ぎょうは、蚕かいこが繭まゆを作つくり終おえた後あとに行おこなわれる。

  The work of removing cocoons is done after the silkworms have finished spinning their cocoons.