| 单词 | jack sinker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack sinker jack sinker n. now historical and rare (in a stocking frame or knitting machine) each of a series of thin metal plates attached to the jacks (sense 13) and suspended vertically between the needles, used in conjunction with the lead-sinkers to form loops upon the thread. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > knitting machine > parts of sinkerc1689 jack sinkera1749 Jack1750 slur1796 needle1829 slay-bar1843 verge1854 ribber1877 thread-carrier1877 a1749 G. C. Deering Nottinghamia (1751) App. 367 These heads have a slit which admits the jack sinker. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 817 The jack sinkers falling successively from the loops on every alternate needle. 1995 L. Wehrle Fingers of Steel iv. 92 Lee's sinkers were jack sinkers, which moved individually to fall between every two needles and thus form even stitches. < as lemmas |
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