piecenern.

Brit.

/ˈpiːsənə/,

/ˈpiːsn̩ə/, U.S.

/ˈpisənər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piecen v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < piecen v. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier piecer n. 2.

Now historical.

A person, esp. a child, employed in a woollen or cotton mill to join together the ends of threads which have broken while being spun or wound.Other duties of a piecener included keeping the frames supplied with ‘rovings’ (roving n.³ 2a) and, before the advent of specialized machinery, joining together cotton or wool slivers for slubbing. Cf. piecer n. 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > one who tends to

piecener1831

creeler1864

wheeler1876

1831 C. T. Thackrah Effects of Arts on Health 19 The children employed as ‘pieceners’ have moderate labour.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Until recently pieceners were children who lapped together the soft wool rolls from the carding engine to feed the ‘billy’.

1932 P. Bentley Inheritance ii. ii. 174 He did not like the child working as a piecener, but wanted to keep him in Syke Mill.

1977 Sunday Times 6 June (Mag.) 48/3 [They] got to know each other at Ellis's mill. She was a weaver, he was ‘a piecener’, spinning the bobbins.

2001 J. Lane Social Hist. of Med. Introd. 6 They [sc. small children] worked as ‘pieceners’, joining broken threads together and able to crawl under the looms to do so.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piecener
释义	piecenern. Brit. /ˈpiːsənə/, /ˈpiːsn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈpisənər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piecen v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < piecen v. + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier piecer n. 2. Now historical. A person, esp. a child, employed in a woollen or cotton mill to join together the ends of threads which have broken while being spun or wound.Other duties of a piecener included keeping the frames supplied with ‘rovings’ (roving n.³ 2a) and, before the advent of specialized machinery, joining together cotton or wool slivers for slubbing. Cf. piecer n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > one who tends to piecener1831 creeler1864 wheeler1876 1831 C. T. Thackrah Effects of Arts on Health 19 The children employed as ‘pieceners’ have moderate labour. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Until recently pieceners were children who lapped together the soft wool rolls from the carding engine to feed the ‘billy’. 1932 P. Bentley Inheritance ii. ii. 174 He did not like the child working as a piecener, but wanted to keep him in Syke Mill. 1977 Sunday Times 6 June (Mag.) 48/3 [They] got to know each other at Ellis's mill. She was a weaver, he was ‘a piecener’, spinning the bobbins. 2001 J. Lane Social Hist. of Med. Introd. 6 They [sc. small children] worked as ‘pieceners’, joining broken threads together and able to crawl under the looms to do so. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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