rag-opening

Updated: May 26, 2025

These then begin a lively chase around the edge of the vat, through the race-course formed by the "mid-feather," and under the rag-opening knives, where the water is given a chance to wash out all impurities, then on up the incline over the "back-fall," so-called from the elevation in the tub.

Homer Heath Nugent - A Book of Exposition