Thread
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A one-page dictionary entry defining thread as a compound cord of two or more yarns doubled and twisted. It lists the trade categories (lace, stocking and sewing thread) and describes the steps of making cotton sewing thread, from picking and carding through spinning, doubling, twisting, bleaching or dyeing, and spooling. It also notes the historical import of fine thread from Holland and Flanders and the start of thread manufacture at Paisley in 1759.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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