spinning frame

NOUN

machine for spinning yarn

Synonyms

WEAK

bobbin and fly frame jenny mule mule-jenny spinning jenny spinning machine spinning reel spinning wheel

Example Sentences

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Mauney had seen the Japanese spinning equipment at a textile show and tested a Japanese spinning frame for three months, then bought 9.000 spindles for $500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

He taught himself crafts necessary to invent and patent in 1769 a spinning frame worked by a water wheel, which he called a" water frame".

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.

At this moment Daniel Ironsyde came into the works, and while John Best hastened to him, Raymond pursued his amusement and studied the wall by the spinning frame where Sabina Dinnett worked.

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden

When this can was filled, it was carried to a winding frame, by which the roving was wound upon bobbins suitable for the spinning frame.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick

"I've seen a very good-looking young man by the name of Raymond Ironsyde wasting a deuce of a lot of his time by your spinning frame; and wasting your time, too."

From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden