lanificium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lānĭfĭcĭum, ii, n. [lanificus],

the working of wool , i. e. spinning, weaving , etc. (ante-class. and post-Aug.): de lanificio neminem metuo, una aetate quae sit, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 22: lanificii curam suscipere, Col. 12 praef. § 9: usum lanificii docere, Just. 2, 6, 5; 2, 4, 8: filiam et neptes lanificio assuefacere, Suet. Aug. 64.