Also 6 spullar, 7 -er. [Cf. prec.] One engaged in winding thread on spools.
1554. Act 1 Mary III. c. 7 § 1. Spinners, Carders, and Spullars of Yarne.
[1678. Phillips, Spullers, of Yarn, those that try if it be well spun and fit for the Loom.]
1764. Burn, Poor Laws, 156. The weavers supply the office of spooler and warper.
1797. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), XVII. 341/2. Every lock of wool … becomes the means of support to … spinners, spoolers, warpers. Ibid. (1877), (ed. 9), VI. 502/1. It is given … to the hank-winder, who winds it on a large bobbin, and that in its turn is handed to the spooler.
1893. Congregationalist, Sept., 14. A spooler from the thread mill and a ‘hand’ from the laundry.
