Definition of Doffing

1. Verb. (present participle of doff) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Doffing

1. doff [v] - See also: doff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doffing

does up
doeskin
doeskins
doesn't
doesn't have both oars in the water
doesna
doesnae
doesnt
doest
doeth
dof
doff
doffed
doffer
doffers
doffing (current term)
doffs
dog's
dog's-bane
dog's-ear
dog's-tongue
dog's-tooth check
dog's-tooth violet
dog's age
dog's bollocks
dog's breakfast
dog's breakfasts
dog's dinner

Literary usage of Doffing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cotton Spinning: Its Development, Principles, and Practice by Richard Marsden (1888)
"doffing, an expensive process; Bernhardt's doffing arrangement; the throstle ... doffing; the mechanical doffer. —Inclined arrangement of the rollers. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1856)
"There are two spindles, a, (see Jig. 1382.) on each machine, for the purpose of doffing without «topping the drawing frame and carding engines. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"on each machine, for the purpose of doffing without stopping the drawing frame and carding engines. When one coil M Patenta of 1849 fille'l, the finger, b, ..."

4. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"Girl Waiters.—Erring Women.—The Death of n Magdalen.—doffing the Sock and Buskin—Homeward Bound—Travelers' ..."

5. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People, 1861-1865 by Frank Moore (1886)
"Two nations make from one, And when the work is done, Over both reign alone— Saviour of the world ! doffing THE GRAY. ..."

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