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

A drawing machine later fed the jute into spinning frames, where it was spun into yarn.

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A great improvement on the spinning frame of the 18th century is the ring frame invented by Jenks.

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He taught himself crafts necessary to invent and patent in 1769 a spinning frame worked by a water wheel, which he called a" water frame".

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Yarn.—Yarn may be dyed either in the hank, in the warp or in the cop, i.e. in the form in which the yarn leaves the spinning frame.

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This business he gave up about 1767 in order to devote himself to the construction of the spinning frame.

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