ˈstranding vbl. n.2
[f. strand v.2 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the vb., esp. in rope-making (in quots. attrib.).
| 1825 J. Nicholson Oper. Mech. 436 The backward movement of the stranding-sledge..towards the bottom of the rope-walk by which strands are drawn out. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 11/1 This work of binding the copper wires together is performed by a small ‘stranding machine’. |
b. In the working of furs: (see quots. 1950, 1968).
| 1935 O. Hacking Home Furriery iii. 15 (caption) Dropping and stranding. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. June 597/1 Some technical terms in [fur] workmanship..should be understood... Stranding or letting out means cutting and sewing a pelt in such a way that it becomes longer and narrower than it was originally; it is done with mink and fitch. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 153 Stranding. This is the process of lengthening and narrowing a skin by cutting and resewing in a series of diagonal strips. |