drop box

noun

, Textiles.

1. a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drop box¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The proposals in Georgia include bans on automatic voter registration, ballot drop boxes and no-excuse absentee voting.

From FiveThirtyEight

The institute gave secretaries of state from both parties technical advice on everything from which vendors to use to how to locate drop boxes.

From Time

The task force recommends those methods — mail-in voting, early voting, drop boxes, even curbside voting — should be made more permanent.

From Vox

Instead, you should now drop it off at an election drop box or vote in person in order to guarantee your vote is counted.

From Vox

Officials in the District, too, said voters who haven’t yet mailed their ballots should instead bring them to a drop box or voting center.

From Washington Post

In 1760 Robert Kay invented the drop box, by which different shuttles carrying different colors of thread were employed.

From Project Gutenberg

The front end of the feed rod is supported in a drop box q, and is splined to allow the worm k to travel upon it.

From Project Gutenberg

It is true that both the fly-shuttle and drop-box had been invented by that time, but the loom was still worked by human power.

From Project Gutenberg