cotton mill

American  

noun

1. a factory for producing cotton fabrics, thread, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of cotton mill

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.

From Barron's

Early one morning, she spoke to a weary cotton mill worker who explained that she and her husband worked opposite shifts to care for their mentally ill daughter.

From Seattle Times

At 13, he worked in an Allegheny cotton mill, changing bobbins 6 days a week, 12 hours a day.

From Seattle Times

Both of his parents worked in a cotton mill.

From Washington Post

Young Henry then went to work in a cotton mill.

From Washington Post