生き糸いと

noun

raw silk thread

Refers to silk thread in its natural, unprocessed state, before degumming or dyeing. Common in textile and historical contexts.

• 生き糸いとは絹きぬ織おり物ものの原げん料りょうです。

  Raw silk thread is the raw material for silk fabric.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、日本にほんは生き糸いとの主しゅ要よう輸ゆ出しゅつ国こくだった。

  During the Meiji period, Japan was a major exporter of raw silk thread.