† slopfalln.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A cord or rope fastened to the front frame of a loom in order to support the weaver when bending to the shuttle.
ΚΠ
1782 Encycl. Brit. IX. 6711/2.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.1782- square-box house
- square-bracketed
- square-browed
- square-built
- square-chinned
- stage australian
- stage boards
- stage box
- stage business
- stage centre
- stage cloth
- stage condenser
- stage crew
- stage critic
- stage death
- stage design
- stage designer
- stage direction
- stage director
- stage distraction
- stage fighting
- stage forceps
- stage frenchman
- stage hero
- stage heroine