noun
- plural of slubber: machines or workers that prepare cotton or wool fibers by drawing them out into loose strands
Usage: textile manufacturing
Examples
- The textile mill employed several slubbers to process the raw cotton.
- Modern slubbers can handle much larger volumes than the old manual equipment.
- The factory upgraded its slubbers to improve fiber quality.
- Workers operated the slubbers in shifts throughout the day.
- The slubbers produced consistent strands ready for spinning.