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piecer
[ pee-ser ]
piecer
/ ˱蟱ËČőÉ /
noun
- textiles a person who mends, repairs, or joins something, esp broken threads on a loom
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
As Jacob Harris Harris recently noted in a piecer for Nieman Journalism Labs titled âA wave of P.R. data:â
Matthew Boulton, who now became a partner with James Watt, was the son of a Birmingham silver stamper and piecer, and succeeded to his fatherâs business, building up a great establishment, which, as well as its proprietor, was well known in Wattâs time.
In the textile mills, Weaver Nikitina, Spinner Vasileyeva, Winder Zhdanova and Piecer Isayeva are busy teaching their fellow workers first aid.
With all due modesty on his part, Max changed the conversation; for just then Ella, in obedience to orders, entered the room, playing pianoforte piece after piecer till the hour for Mr Brayâs departure, whenâwas she deceived? or was that a quiet firm pressure of the hand he was bestowing upon her at parting?
He had been advanced in the factory from a âpiecerâ to the spinning-jenny.
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