silkwork

noun

silkwork

noun

Etymology From Middle English silkewerk, sylkewerke, selkwerk, sylke work, equivalent to silk + work.

1

Goods or products manufactured from silk

  • The tax on silkwork and silk-dyeing in Fustat brought 334 dinars per year.1967, A Mediterranean Society: The family

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