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TIRER BOURRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

In classing cotton for length of staple the classer makes what is known as a pull. [He] pulls a tuft of fibers from the sample and by a process of lapping ... he parallelized a typical portion of fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
CONT

Longueur et classe [étaient] déterminés à vue d'œil par les spécialistes - ouvrant les balles [...] tirant la bourre c'est-à-dire formant [...] par amincissements [...] une nappe de fibres [...] parallèles et égales

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