spinning mule

noun

1. mule ¹( def 8 ).

spinning mule

noun

1. See mule
   textiles See mule 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of spinning mule¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In 1779 Samuel Crompton invented a still better machine, the spinning-mule.

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The spinning mule is now in general use in the cotton manufacture.

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In 1779 Samuel Crompton, another Lancashire inventor, produced an improved spinning machine called the spinning-mule.

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In this way, they were, strictly speaking, rivals of the throstle doubling frame more than the spinning mule.

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French twinners have a stationary creel, and the spindles move in and out with the carriage, as in the spinning mule.

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