Prosciutto Recipes: Many Ways With The Italian Ham. Prosciutto, that amazing Italian ham, is great for eating just on its own. But if you've ever once tried it in a recipe, you know how much flavor it can add. That salty savoriness is a great tool in the kitchen.
Doffer boys in Aragon Mills, Rock Hill, South Carolina, photographed by Lewis Hine on 13 May 1912. A doffer is someone who removes (doffs) bobbins, pirns or spindles holding spun fiber such as cotton or wool from a spinning frame and replaces them with empty ones. Historically, spinners, doffers, and sweepers each had separate tasks that were required in the manufacture of spun textiles.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: cofferdam (Noun) A temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson. cofferdam (Noun) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship.