Silk Terms  

Bale(Silk) - A defined quantity of raw silk carefully wrapped in a cotton cloth and gunny cloth. A Japanese or Shanghai bale contains 60 kg. (picul) or European bale 100 kg. and a Canton bale 48 kg. of raw silk. Indian bale is occasionally 20 kg.

Basine – A silk fabric in which two sets of fine warps float over every two fillings and interlace with the third.

Bave - The bifilar thread spun by the silk worm; it consists of two filaments (brins) that are cemented together by the gum or sericin.

Bertin Silk – A type of cordonnet or crocheting silk made by twisting 4 to 8 single yarns with a right hand twist and then twisting 3 of these with a left hand twist. The yarn is high twist and therefore round, smooth and hard.

Bivoltine – Cocoons built by a silkworm race with two generations (life cycles) in a year.