spinning frame

noun

1. a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spinning frame¹

First recorded in 1815–25

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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Although the Leyland cotton mills were now famous in Lancashire, Jimmy's grandfather had earned day wages at the spinning frame.

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The final machine used in the conversion of rove to the size of yarn required is termed the spinning frame.

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In regard to cloth manufacture, most yarns are utilized in the form they leave the spinning frame, that is, as single yarns.

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The yarn coming from the spinning frame is sometimes dyed before weaving.

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