doffer

  1. Noun.  (context, textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
  2. Noun.  A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

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