| 单词 | mule yarn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmule yarn mule yarn n. (in cotton manufacturing) yarn spun on a mule (see sense 5a). ΚΠ 1823 R. Guest Compend. Hist. Cotton-manuf. 32 By exporting mule yarn, the English have nourished..a foreign cotton manufacture. 1876 I. Watts Cotton in Brit. Manuf. Industries V. 138 Throstle yarn is stronger and more even than mule yarn, and better adapted for warps. 1981 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 96 93 The labor, capital, power and shipping cost differentials per pound between ring yarn and mule yarn. < as lemmas |
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