Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doffer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doffer \Doff"er\, n.
1. (Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with
teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off,
the fiber from the cards.
2. (Spinning) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty
ones on the throstle or ring frames.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doffer \Doff"er\, n. (Mach.)
A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a
carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from
the cards. --Ure.
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