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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Take-up

/(tāk"ŭp`)/ · Take·-up · IPA
01 n. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in complet…
  1. 1.
    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.(Mach.)