Doffer

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  • n. 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.
  • n. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards.
  • n. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which doffs; specifically, a revolving cylinder in a carding-machine, which doffs or strips off the cotton from the cards. See cut under carding-machine.
    • Word Usage
    "The roll of webbing _A_ is beaten and transferred to the cylinder _H H_, carded by the spiked belt _E_, removed by the "doffer" and formed into a"
    Form
    doffer shaft    ring doffer   
     
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