drawing frame

American  

noun

Textiles.

1. a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.

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Etymology

Origin of drawing frame

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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drawing frame

In addition, a judge checked whether the children chose to incorporate a small shape just outside what looked like a rectangular drawing frame.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022

The team gave kids a sheet of paper with just a few basic elements printed on it: some dots here, squiggles there and a rectangle that suggested a drawing frame.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022

The process of doubling ends with the last drawing frame, but there still remains a process by means of which the drafting of the slivers and the parallelization of the fibres are continued.

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse

As a matter of fact, the unpractised eye cannot see any difference between the sliver or soft rope of cotton as it reaches, the drawing frame and as it leaves the frame.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Frederick Wilkinson

By this treatment, the evening and parallelising benefits of the drawing frame are secured, with the addition of a third advantage, which may be briefly explained.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Frederick Wilkinson