jack-framen.
/ˈdʒak freɪm/, U.S. /ˈdʒæk ˌfreɪm/ 1. A frame supporting a jack, winch, etc.Somewhat rare.
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1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 39 The Nuts will not draw the Fore and Backsides close..and then the whole Jack frame will not stand fast and firm together.
1868 U.S. Patent 76,207 2 Another shoe is jacked, and the jack-frame thrown back to its first position, ready for a repetition of the operation.
1911 Amer. Machinist 30 Mar. 575/2 With the aid of this bracket-shaped jig the remainder of the holes are drilled in the jack frame.
2000 Jrnl. Chem. Educ. 77 391/1 (caption) The jack frame shown is about 20 in. high and the pressure gauge line is attached underneath the jack, directly below the piston.
2. In the preparation of yarn: a roving frame in which the sliver (sliver n.1 2) is twisted and wound on to a bobbin that is suspended horizontally in a revolving can or cylinder. Now historical.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of
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jack-frame1814
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self-actor1835
trumpet-mouth1835
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1814 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) VII. 293/1 (header) The Jack Frame.
1852 Rep. Proc. Meetings Carpenters' Hall 9/1 There is a number of men engaged in that room making, what is called speed or fly frames, or jack frames.
1948 Times 16 Mar. 3/2 The situation is aggravated by the presence of foreign workers and young girls who are earning more on slubber frames than the women with years of experience on the jack frames.
1977 Hist. Workshop 4 196 We wondered if Cissy, then a jack-frame tenter in one of Bolton's spinning mills, was one of the women involved.
2003 A. Fowler Lancs. Cotton Operatives & Work 28 Women tended to work on the stages of production after blowing and carding as tenters on the drawing frame, slub frame, rover or jack frame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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