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scrimping bars

scrimping bars is the plural of scrimping bar.

Meaning of scrimping bar

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

Questions about scrimping bars

What is scrimping bars the plural of?
Scrimping bars is the plural of scrimping bar.

Words near scrimping bars in the dictionary

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

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