'Ring spinner' definitions:

Definition of 'Ring spinner'

From: GCIDE
  • Spinner \Spin"ner\ (sp[i^]n"n[~e]r), n.
  • 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) A spinneret. [1913 Webster]
  • Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle. [1913 Webster]