doffer

English

Etymology

From doff

Noun

doffer (plural doffers)

1. (textile manufacturing) 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.
2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Derived terms

• doffer shaft
• ring doffer

Related terms

• doffing comb

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• offer'd

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Dutch

Noun

doffer m. (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje)

1. male dove

Adjective

doffer

1. comparative form of dof