mule spinning

noun

a process of spinning that produces extremely fine yarn by drawing and twisting the roving, and winding the resultant yarn onto a bobbin or spindle in the form of a cop.

Compare ring spinning.

Origin of mule spinning

First recorded in 1815–25

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For awhile he worked as back boy in the mule-spinning department.
Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men
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From here he was transferred to the mule-spinning department.
Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men
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Again most of the operatives are not of a kind likely to acquire great excellence at mule-spinning.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5
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In the Lancashire cotton trade a peculiarly complicated instance of the woman question occurs in mule-spinning.
Women in Modern Industry
B. L. Hutchins