Tabaret vs. Silk — What's the Difference?

A strong upholstery fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré.

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons.

A strong fabric consisting of stripes of silk and satin.

A fine lustrous fiber composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons, especially the strong, elastic, fibrous secretion of silkworms used to make thread and fabric.

A stout silk having satin stripes, - used for furniture.

Thread or fabric made from this fiber.

A garment made from this fabric.

A silky filamentous material spun by a spider or an insect such as a webspinner.

A silky filamentous material produced by a plant, such as the styles forming a tuft on an ear of corn.

Silks The brightly colored identifying garments of a jockey or harness driver.

Composed of or similar to the fiber or the fabric silk.

To develop silk. Used of corn.

A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).

A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.

Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.

The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.

(colloquial) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.

A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.

The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

(transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).

The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvæ of Bombyx mori.

Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.

That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.

A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

Fibers from silkworm cocoons provide threads for knitting