单词 | hard-twisted |
释义 | > as lemmashard-twisted hard-twisted adj. (of rope, yarn, etc.) tightly twisted; cf. hard-spun adj. ΚΠ 1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell 42 A rope of haire, or some other hard twisted rope. 1609 T. Dekker Ravens Almanacke (STC 6519.2) sig. H Shee drew out..two three stringed whippes of sharp and hard twisted cordes. 1721 L. Braddon Proposal for Relieving Poor of Great Brit. 36 Persons are oblig'd, to keep to the Spinning of one Kind of Thread only, and not suffer'd to shift, from Fine to Coarse, from loose to hard twisted Threads. 1892 E. A. Posselt Struct. Fibres, Yarns & Fabrics (ed. 2) i. 64 Hard-twisted yarn will not bend as easily around the filling during weaving as a soft yarn. 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xi. 168 Cotton voiles with their hard-twisted yarns may be impregnated on a mangle whose bowls have been wrapped with a fine cloth. 2005 C. Mendelson Laundry ii. xvi. 237 A Jacquard-woven carpet with hard-twisted loops. < as lemmas |
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