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Meaning of scrimping bar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise to make it smooth for printing.

Examples

“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 e”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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