单词 | needle-board |
释义 | needle-boardn. Originally: a board in a Jacquard loom, having perforations through which the ends of the needles pass (see needle n. 3b). Now chiefly: a piece of board, canvas, etc., covered with short fine wires, used to press fabrics that have a pile; (also) a board or plate carrying closely spaced barbed needles, used in a needleloom. 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] > other processes > equipment for comb1398 scrawc1563 scray1791 plaiting machine1813 canroy1836 needle-board1879 serigraph1881 ager1884 thread-counter1909 1879 T. R. Ashenhurst Pract. Treat. Weaving & Designing Textile Fabrics 63 The pressure thus bestowed upon the crosswires keeps them in position through the needle-board. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The needle-board holds all the needles in proper relation with the prism or cylinder to which the cards are attached, and with the perforations in the cards. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Needle board, a board covered with very short fine wires that is used for pressing pile fabrics. 1990 E. Kittier Curtains & Blinds (BNC) 32 Pressing is difficult with pile fabrics. It is advisable not to press the seams at all unless you have a needle board (a length of canvas covered with fine, shallow wires into which the pile side of the fabric is pressed). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879 |
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