doffer

[ dof-er, daw-fer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that doffs.
Textiles.
1. a wire-clothed roller on a carding machine, especially the roller to which the carded fibers are transferred from the cylinder and then prepared for conversion into sliver.
2. any roller that removes the fibers from another roller.

Origin of doffer¹

First recorded in 1815–25; doff + -er ¹

Yet his smile was fleeting, and his only comment a reprimand to "Jack doffer" for his carelessness.

The tow is then removed from the brush by a doffer roller, from which it is finally removed by a doffing knife.

The large runner and the doffer require to be cleaned together.

Having passed the "flats," the cotton is deposited by the cylinder on what is termed the doffer.

Doffer, dof′ėr, n. the part of a carding-machine which strips the cotton from the cylinder when carded.

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