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▪ I. coiler1|ˈkɔɪlə(r)|
[f. coil v.3 + -er.]
a. He who coils, or that which coils.
1884Cheyne Isa. I. 159 The two leviathans or ‘coilers’.
b. Cotton-spinning. An apparatus for coiling the sliver by feeding it into the rotating coiler-cans. Also attrib.
1873Leigh Sci. Mod. Cotton Spinning (ed. 2) 187 Shortly after the invention of the coiler Messrs. Tatham and Cheetham conceived the idea of adapting it as a slubbing frame. 1884Marsden Cotton Spinning 141 The waste..passes into a coiler at the end of the machine. 1890J. Nasmith Mod. Cotton Spinning Mach. 55 A plate free to revolve and borne in the lower part of the coiler frame. 1892― Cotton Spinning 127 The coiler can is 9 in. diameter. 1902Thornley Cotton Combing Machines 235 The rule for total draft will serve here, substituting the block roller for the coiler roller.
▪ II. † coiler2 Obs.
[? f. coil n.4]
In coiler rope: a rope attached to the breech of a gun. Obs.
1600T. Smith Art of Gunnery 83 To know how much one coiler rope, for the draught of any peece of Ordnance is bigger than another. 1660T. Willsford Scales of Commerce ii. iii. 195 A Coyler Rope..that is 6 inches in circumference. |