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noun
In a carding machine, a device such as a revolving cylinder or a vibrating bar with teeth, that doffs, that is to say strips off, the carded cotton or other fiber from the cards; or a hand tool for the same function in smaller machines or in manual carding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: textile manufacturing
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noun
A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames. The job was often done by children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English doff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English doffer From doff + -er.
