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spinning frame

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noun

a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.

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Origin of spinning frame

First recorded in 1815–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for spinning frame

Manchester had fought against the spinning-frame for years, but it was to receive the chief fruits of its success.
Historic Inventions|Rupert S. Holland
Arkwright's experience with regard to his spinning-frame was similar.
A Critical Examination of Socialism|William Hurrell Mallock
In that instant he first saw dimly the tiny seedling that was to grow one day to the mighty tree of the spinning-frame.
The Boyhood of Great Inventors|A. Fraser Robertson
The spinning-frame consisted of four pairs of rollers, acting by tooth and pinion.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13|Various

This invention combined the good qualities of the spinning-jenny of Hargreaves and the spinning-frame of Arkwright.
Great Inventions and Discoveries|Willis Duff Piercy