ring spinning

noun

1. a process of spinning in which the yarn is twisted and drawn while passing through a small metal device traveling rapidly around a ring in the operation of winding the yarn onto a bobbin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ring spinning¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

One white girl will look after four sides of a ring spinning frame; it takes six Chinese, as you see.

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These human hands were swift, too, as when they thrust the bobbins of roving on the ring-spinning frames to be twisted into yarn.

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The function of ring spinning is to draw out the rove and spin it into yarn on a continuous system.

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The ring spinning differs from mule spinning in having the carriage replaced by a ring, from which the machine takes its name.

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These difficulties have hitherto prevented the application of ring spinning to the finer grades of yarn.

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