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fibershed

noun

Etymology

Blend of fiber + watershed, coined by Rebecca Burgess in 2011.

  1. derived from *skeyt-✻ — “to cut, part, divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skaiþaną✻
  3. inherited from *skaiþan✻
  4. inherited from scēadan
  5. inherited from scheden
  6. compounded as watershed — “water + shed”
  7. compounded as fibershed — “fiber + watershed”

Definitions

  1. The geographic region from which come all of the resources to make an article of clothing.

    • In recognition of Sonoma County's ranching heritage, thriving fibershed, and the Year of the Sheep in the Chinese zodiac, this year's poster boy and "rambassador" is Famous Ramus.

  2. A movement to use textiles that are sourced locally.

    • Now, it’s on the lips of the kind of environmentally conscious fashionistas who filled Toby’s Feed Barn in Point Reyes Station this month for the first ever fibershed fashion show.
    • “We are part of the fibershed movement, proud of making beautiful, useful items, in a sustainable, humane manner, with a low carbon footprint,” said Adkins, 63, a retired environmental ecologist.
    • Through increased interest in alternative sustainable systems, fibersheds have been a leading force encouraging producers and customers to use natural resources, such as fiber, in a more beneficial and efficient way.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA