reeled, ppl. a.
(riːld)
[f. reel v.2]
Wound on a reel.
| 1776–7 Act 17 Geo. III, c. 11 §14 The reeler..of such false or short reeled yarn. 1831 G. R. Porter Silk Manuf. 152 To obtain one pound of reeled silk, requires 12 pounds of cocoons. 1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. ii **/1 Samples of the cocoons, and of the reeled or raw silk of these countries. |