单词 | fashioning-needle |
释义 | > as lemmasfashioning-needle b. spec. (See quot.) Also attributive, as fashioning-needle, fashioning-point. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Fashioning-needle, one of the needles in a knitting-machine which lift loops from some of the bearded needles and transfer them to others, in order to widen or narrow the work. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Fashioning, the process of shaping the stocking-leg and foot, also the shirt-sleeve and pant-leg, and back. This is done by hand by means of small points with which some of the loops are removed to narrow the stocking or pant at the ankle..In the steam-work these fashioning points are forced through the material by pressure. < as lemmas |
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