| 释义 |
doffing, vbl. n.|ˈdɒfɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb doff. a. The putting or taking off of clothing, etc.
1606Holland Sueton. 231 To doe him the grace that he might have the D'offing of her shoes. 1643G. Wilde Serm. St. Maries, Oxford 17 Those..who think a little d'offing off the Hat..Reverence enough for the Lords Annoynted; do not they Pillage him of his Divinity? 1847Emerson Poems, Song Nature, Too much of donning and doffing.
b. Textile Manuf.: see doff v. 5 and doffer.
doffing cylinder: a cylinder clothed with cards which takes off the fibres from the teeth of the main cylinder of a carding machine. doffing knife: a steel blade with finely toothed edge, which takes off the carded wool from the teeth of the doffer. So doffing-plate.
1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 380 The doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate. 1851Art Jrnl. Catal. Gt. Exhib. p. iv**/2 A fine fleece of cotton..shorn or combed off from the opposite side of the cylinder by the vibratory action of the doffing knife. Ibid., A smaller drum card..called the doffer (stripper) or doffing cylinder..covered..with fillet cards. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts I. 989 One of the most recent improvements in the throstle frame is that of Bernhardt's ‘doffing-motion’. |