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winding frame

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noun

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

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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.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick

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

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

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