carding machine — noun : a machine for carding wool, cotton, or other fiber consisting of cylinders having intermeshing wire teeth and revolving at different speeds or in opposite directions compare breaker 2c(1), combing machine * * * card2 (defs. 1, 2). [1780… … Useful english dictionary
carding machine — machine for separating fibers before spinning … English contemporary dictionary
carding machine — card2 (defs. 1, 2). [1780 90] * * * Machine for carding textile fibres. In the 18th century, hand carding was laborious and constituted a bottleneck in the newly mechanized production of textiles. Several inventors worked to develop machines to… … Universalium
carding machine — noun A machine used for carding materials … Wiktionary
Carding — is the processing of brushing raw or washed fibers to prepare them as textiles. A large variety of fibers can be carded, anything from dog hair, to llama, to soy fiber (a fiber made from soy beans), [Soy fiber was first introduced in yarns by… … Wikipedia
Carding — Card ing, a. 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under {Card}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. [1913 Webster] {Carding engine},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carding engine — Carding Card ing, a. 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under {Card}, v. t. [1913 Webster] 2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. [1913 Webster] {Carding… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carding engine — noun Britain : carding machine * * * carding engine, British. carding machine … Useful english dictionary
carding — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of card (I) 1. : a roll of wool or other fiber from a carding machine 2. [by shortening] : carding machine … Useful english dictionary
machine — machineless, adj. /meuh sheen /, n., v., machined, machining. n. 1. an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. 2. a mechanical apparatus or contrivance;… … Universalium
