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netting-needle

netting-needle noun: a long needle with pincers used for winding thread for the production of netting.

Noun

netting-needle (plural netting-needles)

  1. A long needle with pincers used for winding thread for the production of netting.
    • ...the visitant was by no means new to the world, and knew perfectly well that Lady Anne had no more parliamentary influence than the netting-needle she was playing with...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 81–82

Forms of netting-needle

pluralnetting-needles

Questions about netting-needle

What does netting-needle mean?
Netting-needle means a long needle with pincers used for winding thread for the production of netting.
What part of speech is netting-needle?
Netting-needle is a noun.
What is the plural of netting-needle?
The plural of netting-needle is netting-needles.

Words near netting-needle in the dictionary

  1. nettier
  2. netties
  3. nettiest
  4. netting
  5. netting out
  6. netting-needle
  7. netting-needles
  8. nettings
  9. nettle
  10. nettle agent
  11. nettle agents

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