seamer
(ˈsiːmə(r))
[f. seam v.2 + -er1. (OE. had seámere tailor, f. seám seam n.1)]
1. a. (See quot. 1843.) b. A seaming-machine.
| 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 181/1 There are three classes of operatives engaged [in the stocking-trade]: the ‘winders’..; the ‘stockingers’; and the ‘seamers’, who make the stockings out of the pieces thus produced... The ‘seamers’ are women. 1872 T. Cooper Life 141 He had also to pay so much per dozen to the female ‘seamer’ of the hose. 1884 [see seaming-machine s.v. seaming vbl. n.]. |
2. Cricket. A seam bowler; also, a delivery by a seam bowler.
| 1952 Observer 25 May 10/1 R. Smith, with his medium-paced ‘seamers’—to use a modern and not too unmeaning term—and Bailey..began almost to persuade us that their names might be G. Lohmann and S. F. Barnes. 1955 Times 5 July 4/1 Silk was probably right in thinking that his seamers would get more out of it than his spinners. 1963 Times 13 June 3/1 It indicated that the intention of both captains was to rely entirely upon their seamers, which they duly did. 1976 Dexter & Makins Testkill 140 With the new ball due well before lunch he sensibly switched to Flinders' leg-spin and Lytton's seamers. |