单词 | canroy |
释义 | canroy|ˈkænrɔɪ| Also candroy. A machine, used in calico-printing establishments, through which cotton cloth is passed before printing. Hence ˈcanroyer, one in charge of a canroy.
1836Penny Cycl. VI. 151/2 If they are not calendered, they are run through a machine called in Lancashire the candroy, which spreads them smoothly in the act of rolling them upon a cylinder. 1858in Simmonds Dict. Trade. 1896Duerr Bleaching & Calico-printing 26 After being sewn, each batch is taken to the shearing and winding-on machines, generally called a ‘canroy’. Sometimes the shearing machine and canroy are two separate machines. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §384 Canroyer, a calenderer minding a canroy calender, having two iron rollers through which cloth is passed to break down stiffness after starching. |

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