dandy-roll

English

Noun

dandy-roll (plural dandy-rolls)

  1. Alternative form of dandy roller
    • 1886, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Paper:
      Heretofore the manner in which these accumulations have been removed was to take the dandy-roll out of position, causing a stoppage of the machine and a consequent loss of production.
    • 1918, The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal:
      According to this invention the bearing of the dandy-roll at each end is carried on a pillar or support on top of an upper plate supported on springs, rubber pads, oil or air cushions or the like fitted between the upper plate and lower plate.
    • 2014, R. H. Clapperton, The Paper-making Machine:
      The body of the roll was made in much the same way as any dandy-roll is made at the present time.
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