Assertion: parachute | /r/MadeOf | silk
Facets:
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A parachute is a light-weight device, made formerly of linen, canvas, and silk, and now of nylon and zero-porosity fabrics that are meant to slow down the fall of people and objects.
text: Parachutes were once made from silk but these days are almost always constructed from more durable woven nylon fabric, sometimes coated with a - silicone - zero porosity coating to improve performance and consistency over time.
text: The parachute he was to use was made of silk and had been droptested eleven times and remained in airworthy condition.
text: Parachutes were once made from silk but these days are almost always constructed from more durable woven nylon fabric, sometimes coated with a - silicone - zero porosity coating to improve performance and consistency over time.