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overlocker

overlocker

8.1
A person who uses a sewing machine to trim and finish fabric edges
  • noun
  • /ˈəʊvəlɒkə/
  • Jargon
translation icon : operador de overlock
  • The overlocker finished the seams quickly.

Examples

  • The factory hired a skilled overlocker to improve the quality of their garments.

  • Many overlockers work in garment factories.

  • The overlocker worked quickly to finish the edges of the new dresses.

  • As an experienced overlocker, she ensured every seam was neat and strong.

  • The skilled overlocker finished the seams on the dress quickly and efficiently.

  • As an overlocker, she was responsible for making sure all the edges of the garments were neatly finished.

  • The factory hired an overlocker to ensure their production process ran smoothly and all items were properly sewn.

Synonyms

sewing-machine operator
vsoverlocker
3.8

A person who uses a sewing machine to join cloth in a factory or workshop

operates a specialised edge finishing machine mainly in garment production or tailoring

Surface Forms

overlocker singular
overlockers plural

Morphology

overlocker = overlock (transparent) = overlock + er

Formed by the productive agent/instrument suffix '-er' on the verb/noun 'overlock', yielding a person or machine that performs overlocking.

Etymology

Overlocker is a word for a person who operates an overlock machine, and it comes from over- 'over' and lock 'to fasten'. Think of an overlocker as someone who 'locks' the edge of cloth over itself to stop it coming apart, so an overlocker is the person who does this finishing work.