filatory

English

Etymology

From Latin filatorium (“place for spinning”), from filare (“to spin”), from filum (“a thread”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlətəɹi/, /ˈfɪlətɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪləˌtɔɹi/

Noun

filatory (plural filatories)

1. (obsolete) A machine for forming threads.
   • 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:

     It [a silk manufactory] has 3 filatories, each of 640 reels, which are set in motion by a water-wheel; and besides a small filatory, turned by men.

References

“filatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.