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framesmith

framesmith noun: a maker of frames.

Noun

framesmith (plural framesmiths)

  1. A maker of frames.
  2. An artisan who fabricated and maintained the framework knitting equipment which was used historically in the textile industry
    • ...but how many of our present workmen would have been unemployed? How many framesmiths, setters up, and bobbin-makers, would have lost for a considerable time, a profitable labour?1819 August 20, R.H., “To the Bobbin Net Manufacturers of Nottingham”, in Nottingham Review, volume 12, number 581, Nottingham: Charles Sutton, page 1
    • WANTED, a TURNER and FITTER, who has been used to building Circular Frames. No one need apply who does not thoroughly understand his business.— Application to be made to No. 646, Review, Office, Nottingham.1852 December 24, “To Framesmiths”, in Nottingham Review, volume 45, number 2347, Nottingham: Richard Sutton, page 5

Forms of framesmith

pluralframesmiths

Origin of framesmith

From frame + smith.

Questions about framesmith

What does framesmith mean?
Framesmith means a maker of frames.
What part of speech is framesmith?
Framesmith is a noun.
What is the plural of framesmith?
The plural of framesmith is framesmiths.

Words near framesmith in the dictionary

  1. frameshifters
  2. frameshifting
  3. frameshiftings
  4. frameshifts
  5. frameskip
  6. framesmith
  7. framesmiths
  8. framestone
  9. framestones
  10. framestore
  11. framestores

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