Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FIL'A-MENT, n. [Fr. from L. filamenta, threads, from filum.]

A thread; a fiber. In anatomy and natural history, a fine thread, of which flesh, nerves, skin, plants, roots, &c., and also some minerals, are composed. So the spider's web is composed of filaments. The threadlike part of the stamens of plants, is called the filament.