linen prover

noun

A small microscope, a magnifying glass by today's standards, used for measuring the fineness of linen by counting its threads in a given space.

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Meanings

nounlinen prover (plural linen provers)

plural linen provers

  1. historicalA small microscope, a magnifying glass by today's standards, used for measuring the fineness of linen by counting its threads in a given space.
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