Measure of silk fineness (6)

I believe the answer is:

denier

(Other definitions for denier that I've seen before include "A measure of material" , "Unit of weight of nylon, etc" , "One refusing to accept" , "One unwilling to accept" , "Unit of weight for fine material, silk or nylon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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