spinning frame

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of spinning frame

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Mauney had seen the Japanese spinning equipment at a textile show and tested a Japanese spinning frame for three months, then bought 9.000 spindles for $500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

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".

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.

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

From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by Woodhouse, T.

Yarn is wound on bobbins on the ring or mule spinning frame.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

After washing the material for woolen yarn, it is passed through three carding processes, and from the last of them is taken direct to the spinning frame to be made into yarn.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)