doffingn.

/ˈdɒfɪŋ/

Etymology: < doff v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of doff v.

a. The putting or taking off of clothing, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun]

stripping1398

unclothing1572

doffing1606

divesture1631

undressing1677

disrobement1747

disrobing1813

divestiture1820

peeling1832

divestment1854

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 231 To doe him the grace that he might have the D'offing of her shoes.

1644 G. Wild Serm. preached 3rd March St. Maries Oxf. 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?

1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 131 Too much of donning and doffing.

b. Textiles: see doff v. 5 and doffer n. 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.

ΚΠ

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 The doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate.

1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. 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.

1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv**/2 A smaller drum card..called the doffer (stripper) or doffing cylinder..covered..with fillet cards.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 989 One of the most recent improvements in the throstle frame is that of Bernhardt's ‘doffing-motion’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	doffing
释义	doffingn. /ˈdɒfɪŋ/ Etymology: < doff v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of doff v. a. The putting or taking off of clothing, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] stripping1398 unclothing1572 doffing1606 divesture1631 undressing1677 disrobement1747 disrobing1813 divestiture1820 peeling1832 divestment1854 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 231 To doe him the grace that he might have the D'offing of her shoes. 1644 G. Wild Serm. preached 3rd March St. Maries Oxf. 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? 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 131 Too much of donning and doffing. b. Textiles: see doff v. 5 and doffer n. 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. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 The doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate. 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. 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. 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal.* p. iv*/2 A smaller drum card..called the doffer (stripper) or doffing cylinder..covered..with fillet cards. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts* (ed. 7) I. 989 One of the most recent improvements in the throstle frame is that of Bernhardt's ‘doffing-motion’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1606
随便看	question tag question time question word question-answering question-asking question-beggar question-begging question-marked question-pitch question-putting question-raising question-sick question-stop question-wise questionabilities questionability questionable questionableness questionablenesses questionably questional questionanswering questionaries questionary questionasking