pot-eyen.
/ˈpɒtʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɑdˌaɪ/ Textiles. Now rare.
On a spinning or bleaching frame: a ring or cup through which thread or cloth is guided.
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1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted Gloss. 250 Pot-eye, a little cup with a slit in it, set in a spinning frame for the thread to run down, and to avoid friction.
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 177 On a throstle frame the yarn is first passed through and rubbed against the ‘pot-eye’ of the wire-board, and then tightly wound round a hard bobbin.
1921 A. B. Steven Textile Bleaching v. 61 The rope of cloth is passed through suitable pot eyes.
1991 Dict. Occup.Titles (U.S. Dept. Labor) (ed. 4) I. 499/2 Pleater (textile), Threads cloth through poteyes, over rollers, through sleeve of pleating mechanism, and into bin or tank.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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