preeming
English
Noun
preeming (uncountable)
- (archaic) The task of cleaning the teasel-rods and handles in cloth manufacture.
- 1835, Andrew Ure, The philosophy of manufactures (page 203)
- After the preeming period, the lads are put either to the gig-machines, or to the lewises in the cutting or shearing-room.
- 1835, Andrew Ure, The philosophy of manufactures (page 203)