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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.

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Nearby words

  1. cap of maintenance,
  2. cap pistol,
  3. cap rock,
  4. cap screw,
  5. cap sleeve,
  6. cap'n,
  7. cap-a-pie,
  8. cap-and-trade,
  9. cap-de-la-madeleine,
  10. cap-haitien

Origin of cap spinning

First recorded in 1910–15
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