A short French dictionary entry from the Nouveau Larousse Illustré defining 'étireuse'. It gives the term first as a machine for drawing out textile fibres, also called banc à étirer or étireur, then as a rolling-mill train for malleable iron and as a drawing bench in wire-drawing works. A line drawing of a drawing bench, captioned 'Etireuse (tréfilerie)', illustrates the metalworking sense.