spinning frame

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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

This sliver is wound on a bobbin, and taken from the card to the mule spinning frame.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

From this machine the roving is wound on a bobbin ready for the spinning frame.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz

Warping The yarn coming from the spinning frame is sometimes dyed before weaving.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz

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.