| take-up |
| take-up | (n) any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom), Example: a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool |
| take-up | (n) the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in |
| Take-up | n. (Mach.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aufnahmespule { f }; Aufwickelspule { f } | take-up reel [Add to Longdo] |
| Aufwickel { m } | take-up [Add to Longdo] |
