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spinning jenny
noun
- an early spinning machine having more than one spindle, enabling a person to spin a number of yarns simultaneously.
spinning jenny
noun
- an early type of spinning frame with several spindles, invented by James Hargreaves in 1764
Word History and Origins
Origin of spinning jenny1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spinning jenny1
Example Sentences
The spinning jenny replaced weavers, buttons displaced elevator operators, and the Internet drove travel agencies out of business.
To Hargreaves, inventing the spinning-jenny, a mob and a flight from Lancashire, a wrecked machine and a sacked house!
The spinning jenny came into use a little after 1750, and the power loom was invented near the close of the century.
In that year James Hargreaves completed his invention of the spinning-jenny, which he patented in 1770.
First there must be a spinning-jenny to go by steam, to the wheel of which there must be a hand-organ.
The first to be brought to actual completion was Hargreaves' spinning-jenny, invented in 1764.
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