1) Apparatus for reeling silk 2) Bobbin 3) Reel 4) Spool 
drawing out of threads
• (n.) A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk. • (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.
Fil'a·ture noun [ Late Latin filatura , from filare to spin: confer French filature . See Filatory .] 1. A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure. 2. A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment f...
[n] - a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
noun a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
the act of forming into threads. · a reel for drawing off silk from cocoons. · the reeling of silk from cocoons. · an establishment for reeling silk.