filature

noun

1. The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
2. A spool or bobbin used for the above.
3. A place where silk is reeled onto spools.

   “Weavers, reelers, wadders and those working in the filature refused to move, and when forced, produced inferior quality goods or ran away at the earliest opportunity, partly because they were separated from their families […]”