reeler
Americannoun
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a person or thing that reels.
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a machine for burnishing the exterior and interior of seamless tubing.
Etymology
Origin of reeler
Example Sentences
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The reeler begins to wind where the end of the filament becomes strong.
From The Story of Silk by Hattie Longstreet Price
Ruffard will shell out to do for a reeler.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
Each time the reel has made 120 revolutions and the bell rings, the reeler ties up the several cuts in the width, so that when the mill-hank is complete, each individual cut will be distinct.
From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by T. Woodhouse
There isn’t a power reeler or loom in the town, nor yet a loom of the Jacquard type.
From Letters from China and Japan by John Dewey
It is at this moment that the real difficulties of the reeler begin.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
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