spinning mule

noun

mule¹ (def. 8).

Origin of spinning mule

First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby spinning mule

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How to use spinning mule in a sentence

In 1779 Samuel Crompton invented a still better machine, the spinning-mule.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 | Various
The spinning mule is now in general use in the cotton manufacture.
Lancashire Sketches | Edwin Waugh
In 1779 Samuel Crompton, another Lancashire inventor, produced an improved spinning machine called the spinning-mule.
Great Inventions and Discoveries | Willis Duff Piercy
In this way, they were, strictly speaking, rivals of the throstle doubling frame more than the spinning mule.
The Story of the Cotton Plant | Frederick Wilkinson
French twinners have a stationary creel, and the spindles move in and out with the carriage, as in the spinning mule.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for spinning mule

spinning mule

noun

textiles See mule 1 (def. 3)

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