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

At nine years of age he went to work as a "piecer" in a cotton factory.

From Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns by Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron

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

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.

The wage paid to the big piecer in England, Dr Hasbach goes on to show, is not much greater than that received by a good assistant in Germany.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various