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PREFERRED TERM
Reel  
DEFINITION
  • n. Device (revolving frame) on which thread is formed into hanks or skeins. That is, where thread or yarn is wound after being spun and from where it is easily unwound to weave fabrics.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
  • bobbin
  • pirn
  • quill
  • yarn winder
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bobine

French

Bobina

Italian

Bobina

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/263
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