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spinning frame

noun as in machine for spinning yarn

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One white girl will look after four sides of a ring spinning frame; it takes six Chinese, as you see.

Although the Leyland cotton mills were now famous in Lancashire, Jimmy's grandfather had earned day wages at the spinning frame.

The final machine used in the conversion of rove to the size of yarn required is termed the spinning frame.

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

The yarn coming from the spinning frame is sometimes dyed before weaving.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spinning frame, such as: bobbin and fly frame, jenny, mule, mule-jenny, spinning jenny, and spinning machine.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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