单词 | pirn wheel |
释义 | > as lemmaspirn wheel pirn wheel n. now rare a wheel for winding thread on to bobbins. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > wheel for pirn wheel1536 quill-turn1564 quill wheel1762 1536–7 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 178 Twa pirne quhelis. 1760 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1876) I. 155 Two Pirn wheels. Two Pirn Winnels. 1896 ‘G. Setoun’ Robert Urquhart xxii. 226 Women discussed it at their pirn-wheels. 1920 D. H. Edwards Muirside 25 The pirn wheel was to be seen at work in every weaver's home. < as lemmas |
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