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Boffer vs Doffer - What's the difference?

boffer | doffer |

As nouns the difference between boffer and doffer

is that boffer is a fake weapon made from foam and used in simulated combat, as in roleplaying games while doffer is (textile manufacturing) a revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.

boffer

English

(Foam weapon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fake weapon made from foam and used in simulated combat, as in roleplaying games.

    • doffer

    English

    (bobbin doffer)(carding doffer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
  • A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

    • Derived terms

    * doffer shaft * ring doffer

    Related terms

    * doffing comb

    References

    (Webster 1913)

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