take-upn.adj.
/ˈteɪkʌp/, U.S. /ˈteɪkˌəp/ A. n.† 3. The part between the smokebox and the bottom of the funnel of a marine steam-engine boiler. Obsolete.
1. Dressmaking and Tailoring. A gather, tuck, pleat, etc., formed by folding or gathering the fabric of a garment. Also: the act of creating a gather, tuck, pleat, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > gather
gathering1580
gather1663
fulling1810
take-up1825
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > gathering
stroking1880
take-up1880
whipping1882
shirring1908
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Take-up, the name given to a tuck in female dress.
1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 19 The take-up of each gather should be..neatly done.
1999 J. S. Emery in B. Burman Culture of Sewing xiv. 244 Small eyelets or circles indicate take-ups such as tucks, pleats, darts, hems and the like.
2.
a. The process of winding something on to a spool or roll, esp. a yarn or fabric that has been spun, woven, treated, etc., by a machine. Also: the part of the mechanism by which this is done. See also sense B. 1.Cf. take-off roll n. (a) at take-off adj. and n. Compounds.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other processes involved in
cording1822
take-up1832
float1863
shedding1863
shuttling1874
knocking-off1912
1832 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2nd Ser. 8 58 The cloth bobbin..has a distinct and separate motion adjusted, to ensure a regular take up of the yarn.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2483/2 The let-off is the paying off of the yarn from the beam, and proceeds coincidently with the take-up.
1945 U.S. Patent 2,366,462 1/1 My invention relates to the driving of cloth beams and other forms of cloth take-ups. The word ‘take-up’ is here used as including all the various forms of such devices.
1974 Gloss. Terms Plastics Industry (B.S.I.) ii. 1 Take-up, Take-off, A device for reeling sheeting, usually under controlled tension.
1974 Gloss. Terms Plastics Industry (B.S.I.) ii. 15 Take-up, A device for reeling extruded material.
2003 Handwoven Jan. 14/2 When you measure the length of the cloth as you are weaving it, most of the take-up has already occurred.
b. Cinematography. The device or spool for gathering up film after exposure in a projector or camera.Cf. slightly earlier take-up reel at sense B. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > [noun] > apparatus for projecting films > parts of
sprocket1879
projection lens1894
cut-off1906
gate1909
claw1911
take-up1915
douser1917
sound gate1931
sound head1931
pull-down1933
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > camera > parts of
sprocket1879
film magazine1906
gate1909
claw1911
take-up1915
pull-down1933
lens turret1951
turret1951
squeeze lens1957
1915 B. E. Jones Cinematogr. Bk. 162 The take-up or driving mechanism of the bottom spool.
1931 B. Brown Talking Pictures 181 This is threaded through the projector..and down to the take-up.
1951 R. Spottiswoode Film & its Techniques ix. 261 (heading) Reels and take-up.
2004 G. Chandler Cut by Cut v. 100 Take up the film on an empty reel to the right take-up.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > funnel > part connecting funnel smoke-box
take-up1836
1836 Times 13 Dec. 2/6 Crown of boilers, 88 feet; the several sides, &c. 288 ft.; bridges, 60 ft...; the take ups, 20 ft.
1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 225/1 If the pressure continues..the water rises through the take-up into the fire, and extinguishes it.
1888 A. E. Seaton Man. Marine Engin. (ed. 7) 365 The part between the smoke-box and funnel is called the ‘uptake’ or ‘take-up’.
4.
a. In a sewing machine: a moving part, esp. a lever with an eyelet, through which the upper thread passes up between the tension plates and the needle below, and whose role is to maintain the tightness of the stitch, drawing the thread from the spool as needed.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for
presser bar1813
flat bed1819
shuttle1847
foot1854
looper1857
take-up1859
work holder1859
feller1860
shuttle-carrier1860
binder1865
braider1866
ruffler1868
presser foot1875
shuttle-windera1877
tension-device1877
thread-cutter1877
thread-oiler1877
tuck-creaser1877
tucking-gauge1877
tuck-marker1877
thread-guide1924
zipper foot1938
free arm1948
balance-wheel1961
tuck-folder-
1859 U.S. Patent 23,577 3/2 The pinch-nut..must be loosened and the take-up..moved round until the adjustment is accomplished.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2483/2 The independent take-up is one which acts in its own time without being actuated by the needle-bar.
1941 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 1, Group 2 (Libr. Congress Copyright Office) 38 775/2 High speed lock stitch, double rotary thread take-up.
1958 Life 19 May 7/S (caption) Exclusive rotary thread take-up.
2007 N. Pundir Fashion Technol. v. 94 Thread control devices, which include tensions and take-ups.
b. A device in a machine for tightening a band, rope, conveyor belt, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts
armOE
button?1561
running gear1663
relax1676
collar1678
drumhead1698
long arm1717
drum1744
press cloth1745
head1785
absorber1789
bearing plate1794
crown1796
rhodings1805
press box1825
alternator1829
cushion1832
saw tooth1835
shoe1837
keyboard1839
returner1839
cross-head1844
channel shoe1845
baster1846
water port1864
shifter1869
magazine1873
entry port1874
upsetter1875
mechanism1876
tapper1876
tension bar1879
buttonholer1882
take-up1884
auger1886
instrument panel1897
balancer1904
torsion bar1937
powerhead1960
1884 U.S. Patent 280, 266 1/2 The weights act as automatic take-ups to take up the slack of the cords and to restore the switch plugs or connectors to their position when not in use.
1922 V. Hetzel Belt Conveyors & Belt Elevators vi. 131 A take-up does two things: it removes the accumulation of slack in the belt and permits the belt to be stressed to the tension at which the pulley will drive it.
1958 J. H. A. Bolz & G. E. Hagemann Materials Handling Handbk. xxiii. 29 The term ‘fixed tension’ is applied to the tension in the belt when the empty conveyor is at rest and is put into the belt by a device known as a ‘take-up’ primarily to provide the necessary slack-side tension for driving the conveyor under all conditions.
2002 G. Barfoot et al. in A. L. Mular et al. Mineral Processing Plant Design, Pract., & Control Proc. 1452 One of the functions of the take-up is to maintain tension at the drive during start up of the system.
5.
a. Stock Market (chiefly British). The action of paying in full for securities originally bought on margin.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-buying activities
subscribing1762
flyer1846
bearing1849
stagging1851
take-up1865
bear covering1881
straddle1883
portfolio investment1929
short covering1930
support buying1932
foreign portfolio investment1951
corporate raiding1957
leveraged1957
tender offer1964
buy-in1968
management buyout1977
bought deal1981
greenmail1983
MBO1986
bimbo1991
1865 Blackburn Standard 26 July There has been a large delivery, but there must also have been a large take up.
1926 Times 9 Feb. (Suppl.) p. iv This end-year total was again affected by large maturities in the closing days of the year against a small take-up of new bills.
1976 Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 11/9 The market also faced repayment of moderate Bank of England loans.., Treasury Bill take-up, maturing local authority bills in official hands.
1993 Financial Times 7 Nov. 13/2 Among the main factors affecting the position were the take-up of Treasury Bills and paper maturing in official hands, which drained £187m from the system.
b. Chiefly British. The number of people accepting or claiming something offered, esp. state benefits.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > acceptance
underfonging1340
acceptionc1384
acceptation1426
accepting1439
entertaininga1492
acceptance1534
entertainment1586
take-up1946
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > one claiming state allowance > claiming of
take-up1946
1946 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Aug. 206/1 The Minister therefore asks welfare authorities to intensify their efforts to ensure a larger take-up of the welfare foods.
1971 Times 23 Jan. 18/5 The same low take-up has been shown to apply to free prescriptions.
1981 Daily Tel. 14 May 36/3 Mr Norman Buchan..put to his ‘favourite social services minister’..that not one welfare benefit had ‘a take-up’ of more than 80 per cent.
1997 Progressive Greetings Nov. 11/1 The feedback from our customers has been extremely positive and has certainly met with our expectations in terms of take-up.
1999 Community Care 6 May 3/4 People on low incomes in Devon are £500,000 better off thanks to three pilot campaigns on benefits take-up funded by the council.
2008 Independent 23 May 17/1 Newcastle University..will allow students to bypass A-levels in an attempt to increase the take-up of shortage subjects.
6. Engineering. The action or process of taking up (power, motion, etc.: see to take up 20b at take v. Phrasal verbs 1).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > which allows change of speed or direction > act of assimilating power by changing
take-up1912
1912 Motor Man. (ed. 14) v. 162 To ensure a gradual ‘take up’ of the drive from the engine, the clutch should be let in very gently.
1927 Daily Tel. 21 June 7 The clutch too is light in action and positive,..its ‘take-up’ is smooth and without jerk.
1984 W. A. McCutcheon Industr. Archaeol. N. Ireland (new ed.) 366/1 There is sufficient flexibility in the driving ropes to enable a smooth and gradual take-up of the drive between driving pulley and fly-wheel.
2011 Farmers Guardian (Nexis) 18 Mar. 21 TYM's powershuttle lever is what you would expect, affording smooth take up of drive in both directions.
B. adj.
1. attributive (chiefly in senses A. 2 and A. 4, as take-up lever, take-up reel, take-up motion, take-up spool, etc.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > other parts
studdlelOE
staff1338
trendle14..
trindle1483
cylinder?a1560
harness1572
mail1731
mounture1731
leaf1807
march1807
dropbox1823
neck-twine1827
mounting1835
shaft1839
Jack1848
selvage-protector1863
serpent1878
take-up motiona1884
swell1894
1844 C. G. Gilroy Art of Weaving xii. 456 The cloth is regularly drawn forward as it is woven, by means of the take-up rollers.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 877/2 Take Up Motion.., a device for automatically winding the tissue on to the cloth beam.
1904 Dial. Notes 2 391 Take-up screw,..a kind of screw for iron pull-rods or wire rope.
1912 U.S. Patent 1,044,028 1/2 20–21 designates the take-up reel, comprising the head..and the hub.
1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 123 Then the cloth goes over the emery take-up roller, and finally on to the cloth beam.
1931 B. Brown Talking Pictures 133 Only one spool-carrying spindle is employed, which takes both feed and take-up spools side by side.
1943 Gloss. Terms Telecomm. (B.S.I.) 85 Take-up reel, [on a fire-alarm] a clockwork driven reel, which maintains the tension and winds-up the tape released by the register.
1954 Trans. IRE Audio 2 15/1 The tape is fed over another non-rotating tape guide combined with a compliance arm and fed to the take-up reel.
1961 Which? Nov. 277 (caption) Take up lever.
1972 Sci. Amer. Jan. 8/3 The new camera takes the film in a direct line back to the take-up magazine, thus providing an instrument that has only one turn for the film.
1986 Consumer Rep. Sept. 561/1 Usually, you just open the camera, drop in the cassette, pull out enough film to reach the take-up spool, and close the camera.
1996 Swimming Times May 23/1 (advt.) Kiefer Competitor racing lanes... both lanes include high strength stainless steel cable and spring, a nickel-stainless steel take up reel and low density polythene discs.
2007 C. A. Gross Electric Machines iii. 88 A re-winder, or take-up reel, similar to that used in the paper and textile industries.
2. attributive (in sense A. 5b), as take-up campaign, take-up level, take-up rate, etc.
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1943 Manch. Guardian 7 Oct. 4/3 The ‘take-up’ rate [of free orange juice for children and pregnant women] had been quadrupled over the past twelve months.
1971 Times 12 May 8 The results to date of his take-up campaign to persuade those entitled to claim free milk, prescriptions, and other benefits, to do so.
1983 J. Zamprelli & H. Everett in J. McClain And where do we go from Here? 31 It is difficult to arrive at a valid ‘take-up’ figure for the number of households who make use of the program as opposed to the estimate of households who are theoretically eligible for benefits.
2011 Scotsman (Nexis) 26 Oct. 11 The reality is that we're not big on long-term commitments, as pension take-up levels show.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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