doffer
a person or thing that doffs.
Textiles.
a wire-clothed roller on a carding machine, especially the roller to which the carded fibers are transferred from the cylinder and then prepared for conversion into sliver.
any roller that removes the fibers from another roller.
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How to use doffer in a sentence
Yet his smile was fleeting, and his only comment a reprimand to "Jack doffer" for his carelessness.
Reels and Spindles | Evelyn RaymondThe tow is then removed from the brush by a doffer roller, from which it is finally removed by a doffing knife.
The large runner and the doffer require to be cleaned together.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreHaving passed the "flats," the cotton is deposited by the cylinder on what is termed the doffer.
The Story of the Cotton Plant | Frederick Wilkinsondoffer, dof′ėr, n. the part of a carding-machine which strips the cotton from the cylinder when carded.
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