schappe

Any one of various silk fabrics made of carded and spun silk, the silk used for this purpose being obtained from the thin, fuzzy beginnings and endings of cocoons in reeling.

Yarn spun from waste silk, from which the gum has been removed by a process of maceration or fermentation.

A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk.

To use a process of fermentation to remove sericin from silk.