Silk worm gat drawer occupation 1891?

[Blaeberry]

Hi,
Silk worm gat drawer and silk worm gat picker are given as occupations in 1891 census. Anyone come across those term?
Thanks

[Sylvia C]

have you tried googling them??

There are several sites of old occupations

[Blaeberry]

Hi Sylvia, yes and I had a look at some of the old occupation sites but couldn't find anything. I wondered if gat is gut? it came up as something for fishing.

[Guest]

is the family name Stark? if so it is Gut on Findmypast

[Guest]

From The Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

Silk′worm-gut, a material used by anglers for dressing the hook-end of the fishing-line, consisting of the drawn-out glands of the silkworm when these are fully distended.

[Blaeberry]

Yes Val it is Stark, thanks very much for the info. There are so many resources and so much to find out I'm going round in circles! I haven't used Findmypast but will keep it in mind for future. Thanks

[Guest]

FMP is much improved, good luck