piecer

American  

[pee-ser] / ˈpi sər /

noun

1. a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.

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piecer British  

/ ˈpiːsə /

noun

1. textiles a person who mends, repairs, or joins something, esp broken threads on a loom

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Etymology

Origin of piecer

First recorded in 1815–25; piece + -er ¹

Example Sentences

As Jacob Harris Harris recently noted in a piecer for Nieman Journalism Labs titled “A wave of P.R. data:”

From Forbes • Jan. 27, 2015

After serving a number of years as a piecer, he was promoted to be a spinner.

From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden

At the age of ten, Livingstone was sent to work in a cotton factory near Glasgow as a "piecer."

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Calhoon, Major A.R.

He is a born teller of stories and piecer together of circumstances that fit so closely that it is difficult to see the joints.

From The Daffodil Mystery by Wallace, Edgar

It required three hands—a spinner, a fore side piecer, and a back boy—to keep that pair of mules in operation.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various