parfilage

/ˌpɑ(ɹ)fɪˈlɑːʒ/

Etymology

From French parfilage.

parfilage means the unravelling of woven fabrics, to save gold or silver threads. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

PARFILAGE — [Noun] The deliberate unravelling of woven fabrics to salvage their gold or silver threads. From French parfilage, from parfiler (to unravel threads, especially metallic ones), from fil (thread). Unlike "unraveling" (a general, often haphazard undoing) or "recycling" (an industrial process of bulk conversion), parfilage is a meticulous, almost archaeological salvage born of frugality. It is the patient needle loosening a gleaming wire from a faded tapestry, the genteel dissipation of a lady idly picking at a tassel in a sunlit parlour, and the careful winding of salvaged treasure onto a spool—a quiet alchemy in reverse, turning the carcass of opulence back into coin.

noun

The unravelling of woven fabrics, to save gold or silver threads.