| 单词 | throwing mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrowing mill throwing mill n. †(a) = throwing machine n. (obsolete); (b) a mill or factory for the manufacture of thrown silk (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > manufacture of silk thread or yarn > machine for throwing mill1719 1719 Weekly-Jrnl. 22 Aug. Turners of the Throwing Mill. 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. ii. 83 Here is a fine Engine..which was done by Mr. Serocoal, the same who fell into the River at the Throwing-Mill at Derby. 1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 201 Spinning or twisting the thread..wound upon the bobbins, is performed with the throwing mill. 1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. ii. **/2 The factories in which raw silk is spun into silk-thread for weaving are called throwing mills. 2007 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 16 Aug. 27 He added a seven-storey throwing mill and a lower weaving mill. < as lemmas |
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