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WARPER [2 records]

Record 1 2023-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Textile Industries
DEF

A person ... that warps[, prepares yarn as a warp.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industries du textile
OBS

Ourdissage. Préparation de la chaîne pour le tissage, par un ouvrier appelé ourdisseur, ourdisseuse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

A machine for winding simultaneously a number of threads in distinct, equal lengths and approximately parallel onto a drum, reel or beam.

OBS

warping machine; warper: not to be confused with "warping mill," which is an earlier version of the "warping machine."

OBS

warping machine: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Machine servant à enrouler simultanément un certain nombre de fils de même longueur déterminée et à les disposer approximativement parallèles sur un tambour ou une ensouple.

OBS

ourdissoir : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas y equipo (Industrias textiles)
  • Tejeduría (Industrias textiles)
DEF

Máquina devanadora con la cual se prepara la urdimbre arrollando los hilos de ésta en el enjulio.

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