单词 | gig-drum |
释义 | > as lemmasgig-drum transitive. To raise the nap of (cloth) with a gig. Also in combinations, as gig-drum, gig-machine, gig-wheel. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1320 Several French schemes have been mounted for making the gig-drum act upon the two sides of the cloth. 1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Gig Wheel, a mill in which the nap of woollen cloth is raised by the application of teasles. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 512/2 Gigs, or gig machines, are rotatory cylinders covered with wire-teeth, for teazling woollen cloth. < as lemmas |
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