2. (Spinning) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
doffer — ● doffer nom masculin (anglais doffer) Tambour garni de pointes servant à recueillir les fibres provenant d un autre organe, utilisé notamment sur les cardes et les peigneuses. ● doffer (synonymes) nom masculin (anglais doffer) Tambour garni de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Doffer — Doffer, s. Wergspinnerei … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
doffer — /dof euhr, daw feuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that doffs. 2. Textiles. a. a wire clothed roller on a carding machine, esp. the roller to which the carded fibers are transferred from the cylinder and then prepared for conversion into sliver. b.… … Universalium
doffer — noun a) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards. b) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty o … Wiktionary
doffer — n. one who removes, one who takes off (a hat, jacket, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
doffer — doff·er … English syllables
doffer — fə(r) noun ( s) 1. a. : a small roller usually covered with wire teeth used to strip material from another roller or cylinder on textile machinery; especially : a roller on a carding machine b. : a machine or device for doffing bobbins … Useful english dictionary
peigneur — peigneur, euse [ pɛɲɶr, øz ] n. • 1467; pinerece fém. 1243; de peigner ♦ Techn. 1 ♦ Personne qui peigne des fibres textiles, travaille sur une peigneuse. 2 ♦ N. f. (1800) Machine employée au peignage. ● peigneur nom masculin Synonyme de doffer. ● … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fancy — Fan cy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. [1913 Webster] 2. Extravagant; above real value. [1913 Webster] This anxiety never degenerated … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fancy ball — Fancy Fan cy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. [1913 Webster] 2. Extravagant; above real value. [1913 Webster] This anxiety never… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
