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PRONUNCIATION OF STOCKING FRAME

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STOCKING FRAME

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Stocking frame is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STOCKING FRAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stocking frame

Stocking frame

A stocking frame was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry. It was invented by William Lee of Calverton near Nottingham in 1589. Its use, known traditionally as framework knitting, was the first major stage in the mechanisation of the textile industry, and played an important part in the early history of the Industrial Revolution.

Definition of stocking frame in the English dictionary

The definition of stocking frame in the dictionary is a type of knitting machine Also called: stocking loom, stocking machine.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STOCKING FRAME

stockier
stockiest
stockily
stockiness
stockinet
stockinette
stocking
stocking cap
stocking feet
stocking filler
stocking loom
stocking machine
stocking mask
stocking stitch
stocking stuffer
stockinged
stockinged feet
stockinger
stockingless
stockish

WORDS THAT END LIKE STOCKING FRAME

A-frame
airframe
arame
climbing frame
cold frame
doorframe
frame
freeze-frame
half frame
half-frame
in the frame
inertial reference frame
mainframe
picture frame
reframe
sampling frame
still frame
sub-frame
time frame
window frame
wireframe

Synonyms and antonyms of stocking frame in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stocking frame» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STOCKING FRAME

Find out the translation of stocking frame to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stocking frame from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stocking frame» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

放养架
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marco de siembra
570 millions of speakers

English

stocking frame
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोजा फ्रेम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إطار التخزين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чулок кадров
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadro de lotação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্টকিং ফ্রেম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cadre de stockage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bingkai stok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strumpf -Rahmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ストッキングフレーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스타킹 프레임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pigura stok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khung thả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்டேக்கிங் சட்டகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टॉकिंग फ्रेम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çorap çerçevesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

telaio calza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ramka obsady
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

панчіх кадрів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cadru ciorap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλαίσιο του ζωικού κεφαλαίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kous raam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strumpa ram
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strømpe ramme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stocking frame

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STOCKING FRAME»

The term «stocking frame» is used very little and occupies the 188.665 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STOCKING FRAME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stocking frame

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STOCKING FRAME»

Discover the use of stocking frame in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stocking frame and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The History of the County of Derby
Improvement! in the Stocking- frame. Knitting of various articles. who, in the year 1758, produced a machine for making ribbed stockings. This was termed the Derby rib. From an imperfect idea furnished by a common workman named Roper, ...
Stephen Glover, Thomas Noble, 1829
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Subject-matter Index of Specifications of Patents
Engine or machine in which is fixed a complete set of working needles, and to be added to a stocking- frame, for making lace and open work, as mits, gloves, caps, handkerchiefs, aprons, stocking- pieces, and other work usually manufactured ...
Great Britain. Patent Office, 1857
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The Law Library
That the said John Armstrong is by trade a stocking-weaver, and used the said stocking-frame as an instrument of his trade, and continued the use thereof, and his apprentice was using the said stocking-frame at the time thereinafter ...
‎1844
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A Selection of Leading Cases, on Various Branches of the ...
That on the 19th of December, 1741, John Armstrong was indebted to the defendant in 53l. for arrears of rent of the said messuage and tenement; and that the said stocking-frame was then upon the said messuage in the possession of the said ...
John William Smith, John Innes Clark Hare, John William Wallace, 1872
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THE SESSIONAL PAPERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, IN THE SESSION ...
DATE. DKS0KIPTI0N8. 1776 Knotting-machine. Now used. 1776 Twilled- machine. Failed, being made fraudulent. 1777 Two-plain-machine. This machine first made lace from a stocking-frame. Superseded by point-net. 1778 1778 1779 1780 ...
‎1845
6
The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
100, who has also described the stocking-frame, and exhibited several figures of this machine, and of the numerous parts of which it consists. The frame-work knitters or stocking-weavers hall is situated in Red-Cross street. They were ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of ...
took the said stocking-frame as a distress for rent of the said dwellinghouse, in arrear from the said W. D. Plea in bar, that the plaintiffs, before and at the said time when, &c., were manufacturers of hosiery, and the trade and business of ...
Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Sir Charles John Crompton, Sir John Jervis, 1856
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THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OR ARTS
This will be seen in the history we hasten to trace out, and in the extent and importance of the manufactures directly or indirectly emanating from the stocking frame, by the inventions of those who were educated in its construction and use.
GEORGE BELI, 1856
9
Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, ...
Replication — That without the said stocking-frame there were not in the said dwelling-house in which &c. goods and chattels distrainable by law, sufficient to satisfy the rent so due and in arrear. Demurrer and joinder. [This case was argued ...
‎1831
10
The Law Journal
Replication — That without the said stocking-frame there were not in the said dwelling-house in which &c. goods and chattels distrainable by law, sufficient to satisfy the rent so due and in arrear. Demurrer and joinder. [This case was argued ...
‎1831

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STOCKING FRAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stocking frame is used in the context of the following news items.
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Uber already disrupting itself – leaving bullying Luddites fighting …
The movement took their name from one Ned Ludd, who 30 years before had, in a fit of rage after being whipped for idleness, had broken two stocking frames. «BizNews, Jul 15»
2
Who Will Lose Their Job To The Machines?
William Lee invented a stocking frame knitting machine in 1589. After traveling to London to present his invention to Queen Elizabeth I, she responded, “Thou ... «Manufacturing.net, May 15»
3
Musings of a modern Luddite
Poor Ned Ludd may never have existed; if he did, he is famous only for smashing up a couple of things called stocking frames back in 1789. The stocking frame ... «Today's Zaman, Mar 15»
4
Food Sleuth: The Ned Ludd
EDWARD Ludlam was possibly the village idiot in 18th-century Anstey and he possibly smashed up two stocking frames in a fit of rage against the loss of jobs to ... «Nottingham Post, Oct 14»
5
Sidewalk Closures Raise Concern in South Park
That's the conundrum that Stocking Frame owner Jerry Aschoff found himself in as soon as the South Park eatery near Ninth and Hill streets opened its doors ... «LA Downtown News Online, Jul 14»
6
The Stocking Frame bar: Take refuge, have a drink
Name of restaurant: The Stocking Frame — the name is a nod to its location inside a gutted garment factory. A stocking frame is a mechanical knitting machine ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 14»
7
The Stocking Frame: First Look
Located on the quiet end of Hill Street, The Stocking Frame has been open since early July in the ground floor of an old brick building. The name references the ... «LA Weekly, Oct 13»
8
Rage Against the Machine
Their favorite things to smash were stocking frames. Stocking frames are machines used to knit. The first stocking frames were invented in the late 16th century. «The Smart Set, Jan 13»
9
Mystery of the Luddite forgery
The rioting started at Arnold, near Nottingham, where 63 stocking frames were smashed in March 1811. By 1817 it was estimated that 1,000 stocking frames and ... «Halifax Evening Courier, Sep 12»
10
Feb. 27, 1812: Rage, Rage Against the Industrial Age
They took their inspiration, and their name, from the folkloric figure of Ned Ludd, who was said to have smashed a couple of stocking frames (knitting machines) ... «Wired News, Feb 12»

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