knotter

American  

[not-er] / ˈnɒt ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that ties knots.

2. a device that ties knots in thread during the manufacture of yarn.

3. a person or thing that takes out or removes knots.

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Etymology

Origin of knotter

First recorded in 1705–15; knot ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Instead of giving me the patent knotter, which would have simplified my job enormously, she teaches me what she expresses "the old-fashioned way"—knotting the yarn with the fingers.

From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van

When a thread breaks, the attendant places the two ends together in the machine and by the mere pressure of her thumb ties the knot much better than she could do it without the knotter.

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

At the heavier work, the girl at yarding, the folder, knotter, and ticketer, all worked tandem, and if the girl at yarding loses her bonus, all the girls lose the bonus.

From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Clark, Sue Ainslie

I took off the knotter and brought it to his carriage.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton

Another, named Jacob Behel, invented a knotter, whittling it out of a branch of a cherry tree.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton