ring spinner

English

Noun

ring spinner (plural ring spinners)

  1. (textiles) A machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.

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