wild silk
Origin of wild silk
1An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
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How to use wild silk in a sentence
The name is also applied to a variety of dress goods woven with a wild silk warp and a fine worsted weft.
Textiles | William H. DooleyAnother suggestion is that the word is a corruption of pun-shih, a native or wild silk.
Textiles | William H. DooleyStill, the wild silk made by the moths of India is not carefully grown.
The Story of Silk | Sara Ware Bassett
British Dictionary definitions for wild silk
wild silk
noun
silk produced by wild silkworms
a fabric made from this, or from short fibres of silk designed to imitate it
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