silkwork

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noun

Goods or products manufactured from silk

OriginMiddle English silkewerk →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounsilkwork (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGoods 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

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsilkewerk
  2. Englishsilkwork

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

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APA

silkwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkwork

MLA

“silkwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silkwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkwork.

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