Meanings
nounnetting-needle (plural netting-needles)
plural netting-needles
- A long needle with pincers used for winding thread for the production of netting.
...the visitant was by no means new to the world, and knew perfectly well that Lady Anne had no more parliamentary influence than the netting-needle she was playing with...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 81–82
Translations
Irish snáthadán
- snáthadánlong needle with pincers used in the production of netting
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