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

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

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 sliver is repeatedly drawn and doubled in the drawing frame, more perfectly to strengthen the fibres and to equalize the grist. 

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel

For fine counts the slivers from the comber, and for other grades that which comes directly from the card, are taken, then to the drawing frame.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York

The last drawing frame, except for very fine yarns spun from Egyptian or Sea Island staples, is the roving frame, similar in principle to the last two but containing still more spindles.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York