单词 | lace frame |
释义 | > as lemmaslace frame lace frame n. now chiefly historical a loom on which lace is woven; cf. frame n. 7. ΚΠ 1803 D. P. Coke & J. Birch Paper War 181 Though Lace frames may not be wanted, something else will, and honest industrious men will always find employment. 1914 G. H. Perris Industr. Hist. Mod. Eng. (2006) ii. v. 107 In the Midlands, there was a recrudescence of the Luddite riots, many lace-frames being destroyed. 2007 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 22 Mar. 44 The first lace frames were powered by hand but the advent of steam-driven machines transformed the trade. < as lemmas |
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