单词 | pin-work |
释义 | ▪ I. ˈpin-work, n. [f. pin + work.] The small fine raised parts of a design in needle-point lace. ▪ II. ˈpin-work, v. [f. pin n.1 + work v.] trans. To work (flax-yarn) on a stout wooden pin, by jerking and twisting, so as to make it supple.
1875Ure's Dict. Arts II. 450 In order to give the yarns that soft and mellow feel so agreeable and characteristic of flax yarns, the hanks when brought from the drying are what is called slaken down and pin-worked. |

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