Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sort of smooth shelf in a weavers' lay, along which the shuttle runs in passing the weft.
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Examples
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The cloth is held in a vertical position in the machine, and the part to be sewed is pressed against the side of the shuttle-race by a presser plate hinged on its upper edge, and capable of exerting any required pressure on the cloth, according as the adjusting screw that regulates it is turned.
Great Fortunes and How They Were Made McCabe, Jr James D 1887
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A slot, or perforation through the plate, also extended through the side of the shuttle-race near the bottom, admits the passage of the needle; and when this is pushed in the shuttle can still pass freely over it.
Great Fortunes and How They Were Made McCabe, Jr James D 1887
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And the shuttle-race gaped for them as they sat at the weaving-stock.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The cloth is held in a vertical position in the machine, and the part to be sewed is pressed against the side of the shuttle-race by a presser plate hinged on its upper edge, and capable of exerting any required pressure on the cloth, according as the adjusting screw that regulates it is turned.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made James Dabney McCabe 1862
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A slot, or perforation through the plate, also extended through the side of the shuttle-race near the bottom, admits the passage of the needle; and when this is pushed in the shuttle can still pass freely over it.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made James Dabney McCabe 1862
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