| 单词 | roller cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroller cloth roller cloth n. †(a) a cloth, esp. one sewn together at both ends, running on a roller (obsolete); (b) a cloth for covering a roller used in textile manufacturing, esp. cotton-spinning (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > roller-towel jack-towel1590 round towel1724 roller cloth1803 roller towel1808 horse-towel1861 runner1865 1803 Observer 2 Oct. 1/2 (advt.) Roller cloth & roller. 1825 Repertory Patent Inventions 1 Suppl. 468 The fine fur being first laid or bowed on the roller cloth of the engine, which will cause it to lie on the outside of the carded flake. After being thus carded, the materials are to be drawn, roved, and spun, like cotton. 1840 Workwoman's Guide: Instr. Apparel (ed. 2) vii. 186 Roller Cloths. These are very useful, and are fastened upon rollers fixed against the kitchen doors or walls. They are one breadth, and four yards long, the ends being sewed together. 1877 E. S. Phelps Story of Avis 224 A roller-cloth would do, dear. 1947 Times 12 July 7/6 (advt.) Roller cloths and sizing flannels for cotton spinning and manufacturing. < as lemmas |
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