pin copn.
/ˈpɪnkɒp/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌkɑp/ Weaving. Now rare.
A small pear-shaped roll of yarn, used for the weft in a power loom. Also as a mass noun.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 503 Yarns..wound upon what is called a ‘pin cop bobbin’.
1881 Times 19 Sept. 7/3 Prices of yarns have hardened..but there is an ample supply of all numbers except medium counts of pin cop.
1910 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 73 160 Payment of 1s. per week extra for spinning pin cops, that is, weft for weavers shuttles.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 644/1 Pin cop, a small cop or package of yarn made of suitable size for a loom shuttle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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