单词 | roving machine |
释义 | > as lemmasroving machine C1. General attributive, as roving billy, roving bobbin, roving machine, roving room, roving waste, etc. See also roving frame n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1795 Edinb. Advertiser 6 Jan. 15/1 Five..carding engines.., four roving billies. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 390 The loosely twisted thread from the roving bobbin. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 414 There was no appearance of dirt or of impure air in the preparing or roving-rooms. 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 120 The dandy roving boxes arranged in any number of spindles and boxes that are convenient. 1894 Times 17 Aug. 9/3 Slubbing waste, roving waste, ring waste, yarn waste. 1927 W. E. Cooke in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Dec. 1024/2 The remaining asbestos [is] passed through carding, roving and spinning machines, and from these to the weaving sheds. 1937 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 52 1719 Waste roving..was returned to the preparation department for reopening. The roving reopener was exhausted only from the pit below the last beater. 1988 M. Ross Encycl. Handspinning 149/1 Evenness of roving thickness is important. < as lemmas |
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