ring-spinning

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noun A system of continuous spinning in which a fixed ring (concentric with the spindle) and a travelingguide for the yarn are the chief features.

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These human hands were swift, too, as when they thrust the bobbins of roving on the ring-spinning frames to be twisted into yarn.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
These human hands were swift, too, as when they thrust the bobbins of roving on the ring-spinning frames to be twisted into yarn.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909
These human hands were swift, too, as when they thrust the bobbins of roving on the ring-spinning frames to be twisted into yarn.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
A new technical effect is realised in this direction by the treatment of paper-pulp in the process of its conversion into a continuous web: The pulp is formed into continuous strips of convenient breadth (usually from 2 to 8 mm.), these receive a 'rolling-up' treatment immediately following the squeeze of the press rolls by which the superfluous water is removed: they are then further but incompletely dried, and in this condition are subjected to a final spinning or twisting treatment on ring-spinning machinery of special construction.

Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross