winding frame

noun

1. a machine on which yarn or thread is wound.

Example Sentences

When this can was filled, it was carried to a winding frame, by which the roving was wound upon bobbins suitable for the spinning frame.

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Thus, in the cop winding frame made by Messrs. Douglas Fraser & Sons, Ltd.,

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A convenient name for any group less than 12 cuts is a "mill-hank," because the number used is simply one of convenience to enable the mill-hank to be satisfactorily placed on the swift in the winding frame.

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He would help her thread her needles, and hold his hands out to make a winding frame for the skeins; and more than once, with the familiarity of an old playmate, he would pinch her mischievously through the embroidery hoop.

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