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Definition of Slubbed
1. Adjective. Of textiles; having a rough surface. "A sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
Similar to: Rough, Unsmooth
Derivative terms: Homespun, Nubble, Nub, Nubbiness, Tweed, Tweediness
Definition of Slubbed
1. Verb. (past of slub) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slubbed
1. slub [v] - See also: slub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slubbed
Literary usage of Slubbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early English Text Society by Early English Text Society (1877)
"... scribbled, slubbed, spun, woven, scoured again, stretched on tenters, and then
picked over. "After this it is ready for the important process of fulling ..."
2. Our Sheep and the Tariff by William Draper Lewis (1890)
"Ring waste, which was entered as waste, at a duty of five cents per pound, consists
of those fibres which have slubbed or tangled in the process of spinning ..."
3. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures: And the by James Bischoff (1842)
"In other places, the small manufacturers, who have perhaps two, four, or six
looms, purchase the wool, and get it scribbled, carded, and slubbed at a mill, ..."
4. Our Sheep and the Tariff by William Draper Lewis (1890)
"Ring waste, which was entered as waste, at a duty of five cents per pound, consists
of those fibres which have slubbed or tangled in the process of spinning ..."
5. The Industrial Revolution: Being the Parts Entitled Parliamentary Colbertism by William Cunningham (1908)
"... and when wool was given them to weave, took it to the " slubbing engine to be
scribbled, carded and slubbed"." Mr Howlett, writing from Dunmow in 1790, ..."
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