Meaning of pern | Babel Free
/pɜː(ɹ)n/Definitions
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- Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
- A honey buzzard; Pernis apivorus.
Examples
“[…] these yarns are to be wove in the usual way of weaving canvas, but the weft to come off the pern or quill double […]”
“Model of a patent machine for winding yarn from the hank, upon the shuttlecope or pern.”
“In one division the spindles carry the bobbins revolving inside a kind of cup or cone fitting down upon the pern, and the latter is shaped to fit accurately this conical surface.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.