SINCE 1828
doffer
noun
doff·er
| \ -fə(r)\
plural -s
Definition of doffer
1a
: a small roller usually covered with wire teeth used to strip material from another roller or cylinder on textile machinery
especially
: a roller on a carding machine
b
: a machine or device for doffing bobbins
c
: a device for stripping cotton from the spindle of a mechanical cotton picker
2
: a textile worker who removes full bobbins or cones from machines and puts in empty ones
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