Huckstress is a word used to describe a female worker who operates a sewing machine to make huck towels. Its spelling is broken down into three parts: "Huck," referring to a type of woven fabric, "stress," which denotes a female worker or performer specialized in a particular skill, and ending with the suffix "-ess," indicating gender. In IPA phonetic transcription, the word is pronounced /ˈhʌkstrɛs/, with emphasis on the first syllable and the final "s" sound indicating plurality.