spinning frame
noun
a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
Origin of spinning frame
1First recorded in 1815–25
Words Nearby spinning frame
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How to use spinning frame in a sentence
One white girl will look after four sides of a ring spinning frame; it takes six Chinese, as you see.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up | Clarence PoeAlthough the Leyland cotton mills were now famous in Lancashire, Jimmy's grandfather had earned day wages at the spinning frame.
Northwest! | Harold BindlossThe final machine used in the conversion of rove to the size of yarn required is termed the spinning frame.
The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth | T. Woodhouse and P. KilgourIn regard to cloth manufacture, most yarns are utilized in the form they leave the spinning frame, that is, as single yarns.
The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth | T. Woodhouse and P. KilgourThe yarn coming from the spinning frame is sometimes dyed before weaving.
Textiles and Clothing | Kate Heintz Watson
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