The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filatory
Filatory \Fil"a*to*ry\, n. [LL. filatorium place for spinning,
fr. filare to spin, fr. L. filum a thread.]
A machine for forming threads. [Obs.]
--W. Tooke.
Wiktionary
filatory
n. (context obsolete English) A machine for forming threads.
Usage examples of "filatory".
The glove was attached to a web of infinitesimal wires that emerged from filatories placed here and there around the workstation.
The filatories acted like motorized reels, taking up slack and occasionally pulling the glove one way or another to simulate external forces.