MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF NATURAL FIBROUS OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL TO OBTAIN FIBRES OF FILAMENTS, e.g. FOR SPINNING

**Definition:** This place covers:

The extraction of staple fibres, i.e. fibres of limited length, from natural materials like the seeds, leaves or stalks of plants or from silk.

**Glossary:** - Fibre: a relatively-short, elongated member of natural or artificial material - Filament: an endless or quasi-endless, elongated member of natural (e.g. silk) or artificial material - Yarn: a unitary assembly of fibres, usually produced by spinning - Thread: an assembly of yarns or filaments, usually produced by twisting