drawing frame

noun Textiles.

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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Origin of drawing frame

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby drawing frame

drawing, drawing account, drawing board, drawing card, drawing chisel, drawing frame, drawing pin, drawing room, drawing table, drawing-in, drawing-room comedy
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