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scrimping bar

scrimping bar noun: a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise to make it smooth for printing.

Noun

scrimping bar (plural scrimping bars)

  1. A device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise to make it smooth for printing.
    • The piece is conducted under a small wooden roller, next over a square iron bar, and next against the scrimping bar Y, thence over the wooden roller x, round which also pass the grey piece d, and the woollen blanket e1860, Andrew Ure, Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Forms of scrimping bar

pluralscrimping bars

Questions about scrimping bar

What does scrimping bar mean?
Scrimping bar means a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise to make it smooth for printing.
What part of speech is scrimping bar?
Scrimping bar is a noun.
What is the plural of scrimping bar?
The plural of scrimping bar is scrimping bars.

Words near scrimping bar in the dictionary

  1. scrimpier
  2. scrimpiest
  3. scrimpily
  4. scrimpiness
  5. scrimping
  6. scrimping bar
  7. scrimping bars
  8. scrimping together
  9. scrimpingly
  10. scrimpings
  11. scrimple

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