| 单词 | top-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmastop-maker top-maker n. ⓘ ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > one who > other stock-carder1728 top-maker1888 1888 Daily News 16 Apr. 2/7 Merino tops are firm in price,..though top makers are said to have little margin for profit. 1894 Gloss. Terms Evid. Royal Comm. Labour 83/1 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7063–VC) XXXVIII. 411 Some woolstaplers are also ‘top-makers’, i.e., woolcombers. In woolcombing the long smooth fibres are combed out into ‘tops’, so called from the form in which the ‘ribbon’ of wool is coiled upon its spindle being like a spinning top. 1896 Balme & Co. Wool Brokers Circular 15 May Long-stapled parcels which..were largely purchased by the Bradford Topmakers. < as lemmas |
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