doffer

English

Etymology

doff +‎ -er

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “doffer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• fforde, offer'd, offred

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.fər/

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• Hyphenation: dof‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɔfər

Etymology 1

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Noun

doffer m (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje n, feminine duif or duivin)

1. male dove, a cock pigeon

   Synonyms: duiver, mannetjesduif

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

doffer

1. (deprecated template usage) Comparative form of dof