| 单词 | gigging-machine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgigging-machine ˈgigging n. also attributive as gigging-machine, gigging-mill. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > machine gig-mill1551 gigging-mill1789 raising gig1804 teasel1835 gig1842 gigging-machine1875 nappera1884 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 195 Mills, called here Gigging-Mills..worked by men turning them backward and forward, till the wool is sufficiently opened for use. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Gigging-machine, a machine for dressing woolen cloth by subjecting it to the action of teasels, whose fine hooks draw the loose fibres to the surface. 18.. Fibre & Fabric V. 20 A man who can take charge of dyeing, scouring, fulling and gigging in a small country mill. < as lemmas |
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