water frame en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A water-powered spinning machine, especially of the kind invented by British industrialist Richard Arkwright.
The water-frame itself, built in units of 1,000 spindles, created the first pure English cotton cloth.
2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 214:
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| water frames | Number=Plur | lexicographic |