Definition of Piecener

1. n. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.

Definition of Piecener

1. Noun. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in a wool mill. ¹

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Definition of Piecener

1. piecer [n -S] - See also: piecer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piecener

piece of tail
piece of work
piece of writing
piece out
piece rate
piece together
piece work
pieced
pieceless
piecemealed
piecen
piecened
piecener (current term)
pieceners
piecening
piecens
piecer
piecers
pieces
pieces of clothing
pieces of crumpet
pieces of eight
pieces of paper
piecewise
piecewise-linear

Literary usage of Piecener

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

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"2d, piecener. [Eng. piece.] A workman wb> supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing-machine. Pièces justificatives. [Fr.] A French phrase for passages cited at ..."

2. The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth by Charlotte Elizabeth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lewis Hippolytus Joseph Tonna (1845)
"And Mary is your piecener," added Helen, who saw the old lady look grave at this ... Yes, I'm Miss Katy's piecener, ma'am," said Mary in high good humour, ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... assist in regulating the winding of the thread uniformly on the spindles. The process then is thus conducted : a child, called a ' piecener,' takes the ..."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"See piecener. PIECES, AT ALL, at all points. The image of a man at Armes on horse- backe, armed itl all peeces. with a ..."

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