cap spinning

noun

a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.

Nearby words

cap of maintenance, cap pistol, cap rock, cap screw, cap sleeve, cap spinning, cap'n, cap-a-pie, cap-and-trade, cap-de-la-madeleine, cap-haitien

Origin of cap spinning

First recorded in 1910–15