n. (Mach.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Take-up \Take"-up`\ (t[=a]k"[u^]p`), n. (Mach.)
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a
sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle
rises, in completing a stitch.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take-up
n 1: any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing
machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom); "a take-up
that winds photographic film on a spool"
2: the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or
reeling in
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