"doffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: doffers [plural]
Etymology: From doff + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|doff|er|id2=agent noun}} doff + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} doffer (plural doffers)
  1. (textile manufacturing) In a carding machine, a device such as a revolving cylinder or a vibrating bar with teeth, that doffs, that is to say strips off, the carded cotton or other fiber from the cards; or a hand tool for the same function in smaller machines or in manual carding. Categories (topical): Manufacturing
    Sense id: en-doffer-en-noun-R3upfLLV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 23 42 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 24 44 10
  2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames. The job was often done by children.
    Sense id: en-doffer-en-noun-1QBNV1gf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doffer shaft, ring doffer Related terms: doffing comb

Inflected forms

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        "In a carding machine, a device such as a revolving cylinder or a vibrating bar with teeth, that doffs, that is to say strips off, the carded cotton or other fiber from the cards; or a hand tool for the same function in smaller machines or in manual carding."
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