canroyn.
/ˈkanrɔɪ/ A machine, used in calico-printing establishments, through which cotton cloth is passed before printing.
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1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 151/2 If they are not calendered, they are run through a machine called in Lancashire the candroy, which spreads them smoothly in the act of rolling them upon a cylinder.
1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products
1896 G. Duerr Bleaching 26 After being sewn, each batch is taken to the shearing and winding-on machines, generally called a ‘canroy’. Sometimes the shearing machine and canroy are two separate machines.
Derivatives
ˈcanroyer n. one in charge of a canroy.
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canroyer1927
1927 Dict. Occup. Terms §384 Canroyer, a calenderer minding a canroy calender, having two iron rollers through which cloth is passed to break down stiffness after starching.
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