Meanings
plural knitting machines
- A device used to create knitted fabrics in a semi or fully automated fashion.
Her attention was already focused elsewhere, on a display of 1950s knitting patterns and a knitting machine in the neighbouring shop.
2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 2022 more examples
Circular-knitting machines are high-speed production machines that can knit rolls of fabric for cutting and sewing in single jersey, double jersey, or purl stitch according to the type of knitting machine.
2003, How it Works: Science and Technology - Volume 8, →ISBN, page 1091The four basic weft-knitted structures are (a) plain, (b) rib, (c) interlock and (d) purl. The plain structure is made in single jersey / bed machine whereas the other three are made in double jersey / bed machine. Sometimes different design elements/devices are fitted in knitting machine and then those machines are given names according to the element/ device attached to the machine
2012, Sadhan C. Ray, Fundamentals and Advances in Knitting Technology, →ISBN, page 14
Translations
Afrikaans breimasjien
- breimasjienTranslations
Hungarian kötőgép
- kötőgépTranslations
Polish dziewiarka
- dziewiarkaTranslations
Romanian mașină de tricotat
- mașină de tricotatTranslations
Russian вяза́льная маши́на
- вяза́льная маши́на (vjazálʹnaja mašína)Translations
Spanish telar, tricotosa
- telarTranslations
- tricotosaTranslations
- tejedoraTranslations
Swedish stickmaskin
- stickmaskinTranslations
Cite this entry
knitting machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knitting%20machine
“knitting machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knitting%20machine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knitting machine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knitting%20machine.
Source: knitting machine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.