piecener
/ˈpiːsənə/ /ˈpiːs(ə)nə/Now historical
noun
A person, especially 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’ and, before the advent of specialized machinery, joining together cotton or wool slivers for slubbing..
Origin
Mid 19th century. From piecen + -er. Compare earlier piecer.
- fall (or drop) into someone's lap
- fall (or drop, or sink, etc.) to one's knees
- fall (or get) into the wrong hands
- fall out
- fallout
- fallout shelter
- fall over oneself to do something
- fallow
- fallow deer
- fallowness
- fall prey to
- fall prey to (also be or become prey to)
- Fall River
- fall short (of)
- fall through
- fall to
- fall to pieces
- fall to someone's lot
- fall victim to
- Falmouth
- false
- false acacia
- false alarm
- false arrest
- false bedding