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What is the noun for doff?

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doffer
  1. (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
  2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Previously she was a spinner and doffer at Stevens Linen Associates in Dudley for several years.”
      “Production of silage under a temperature of 27-35 degrees C will turn out doffer with good quality fresh, green, and not affected by fungus.”
      “The doffer comb, a serrated metal plate the length of the rollers, removes the carded fibers from the last roller or doffer.”
doffing
  1. The act by which an item of clothing is doffed.
doffings
  1. plural of doffing
doffers
  1. plural of doffer
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