A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XII.—TEXTILE WORKERS
Sub-order 1.—Textile Workers
397.—Heald Knitters
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- camb (caulm) knitter, machinist, maker
- used in Dundee district (jute and linen trades) for heald knitter, machinist, maker, respectively, q.v.
- dope (doup, dupe) knitter, machinist, maker
- used in Glasgow district for heald knitter, machinist, maker, respectively, q.v.; usually applied to knitter, machinist, or maker of healds for chenille looms, or looms making gauze or leno.
- gear knitter, machinist, maker
- used in Yorkshire, and in carpet trade of Scotland, for heald knitter, machinist, maker, respectively, q.v.
- havel knitter, machinist, maker
- dialect terms for heald knitter, machinist, maker, respectively, q.v.
- heald knitter
; (local or dialect synonyms: camb, caulm, dope, doup, dupe, gear, havel heddle knitter), heald maker, heald man
- (i) see heald machinist;
- (ii) knits, by hand, healds (loops through which warp threads are drawn) made of worsted or cotton.
- heald machinist
; (local or dialect synonyms: camb, caulm, dope, doup, dupe, gear, havel, heddle machinist), heald maker, heald knitter
- makes and repairs healds, loops through which warp threads are drawn, working on a machine which knits healds from spools of cotton banding or worsted; sets up machine by threading from bobbins over pulleys into machine; pieces broken threads, removes knitted healds from machine and threads a wooden stave through top and bottom loops and metal rod through eyes, to keep them in position for brushing, sizing and varnishing.
- heald maker, heald man
; (local or dialect synonyms: camb, caulm, dope, doup, dupe, gear, havel, heddle maker)
- (i) see heald knitter;
- (ii) makes wooden framework of healds, loops through which warp threads are drawn, and knits on twine which keeps healds in position;
- (iii) general terms for any operative engaged in any process of heald making, i.e., in knitting, machining, assembling, fitting, varnishing, or stoving, threads, eyelets, harness, staves, or framework, of healds.
- heddle knitter, machinist, maker
- Scotch terms for heald knitter, machinist, maker q.v. respectively.
- jacquard harness knitter
- a heald knitter q.v. knitting healds for jacquard looms.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 