| 单词 | cotton-mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmascotton-mill cotton-mill n. a factory where cotton is spun or woven by steam or water power. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > place for > for spinning cotton cotton-mill1791 cotton-spinnery1839 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > weaving other types of fabric > factory cotton-mill1791 1791 Gentleman's Mag. 61 ii. 1054 About three in the morning, W. Kirk's Cotton-mills at Barnford..were destroyed by fire. 1835 E. Baines Hist. Cotton Manuf. 206 Ropes made of cotton-mill waste. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help 31 A cotton-mill was first erected at Nottingham, driven by horses; and another..at Cromford in Derbyshire, turned by a water-wheel. < as lemmas |
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