Cotton-weaving. [f. TAPE v. + -ER1.] (See quot. 1891.) Also tape-sizer.
1891. Labour Commission Gloss., Tapers, those in the cotton mills who take a number of ‘beams’ or bobbins as they come from the warper,… and run them through the ‘size’ upon another beam (called the weaver’s beam). When this process is complete the produce is called a ‘warp.’
1904. Dundee Advert., 5 July, 10. The late Mr. Eli Higham, originally a taper at a cotton mill at Sabden.
