spindleage

American

[spin-dl-ij] / ˈspɪn dl ɪdʒ /

Or spindlage

noun

total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.

Etymology

Origin of spindleage

spindle + -age

Example Sentences

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He recited in support of his contention the typical case of the 5,000 spindle mill at Williamston, South Carolina, which issued extra stock to $30,000 and increased its spindleage to 15,000.

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Borrowing money to bring its spindleage up to thirty thousand, it expanded to 43,000 spindles on earnings.

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The world's cotton spindleage in 1919 is estimated at 149.4 million spindles.

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