Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In textile-manuf., a machine for winding thread or yarn on a reel, bobbin, spool, etc.
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Other inventions quickly followed -- an improved loom, a machine for measuring and folding fabrics, an improvement of the "bobbin and fly frames" of the English spinners, and a weft winding-machine, with various improvements in the machinery for preparing, spinning, and weaving silk and cotton.
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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They even proceeded to make a miniature winding-machine in connexion with their engine, and the apparatus was erected upon a bench in front of the Thirlwalls’ cottage.
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858
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