DOFFER

Etymology

Noun

doffer (plural doffers)

(textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.

A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Anagrams

• fforde, offer'd, offred

Source: Wiktionary


Doff"er, n. (Mach.)

Definition: A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. Ure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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