drawing frame

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawing frame¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The cans containing the slivers are taken from the card or combing machine (as the case may be) to the drawing frame.

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The push-bar drawing illustrated in Fig. 17, or some other of the same type, is often used as the first drawing frame in a set.

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The delivery rollers of one type of drawing frame, called the "push-bar" drawing frame, and made by Messsrs.

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It will be seen from the large pressing rollers that there are two pairs; hence the machine is a "two-head" drawing frame.

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The loss which the cotton suffers in the drawing frame is quite inconsiderable.

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