silkwork
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English silkewerk, sylkewerke, selkwerk, sylke work, equivalent to silk + work.
Noun
editsilkwork (uncountable)
- Goods or products manufactured from silk
- 1967, A Mediterranean Society: The family:
- The tax on silkwork and silk-dyeing in Fustat brought 334 dinars per year.
- 1967, A Mediterranean Society: The family: