carding

American  

[kahr-ding] / ˈkɑr dɪŋ /

noun

1. the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.

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carding British  

/ ˈkɑːdɪŋ /

noun

1. the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning

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Etymology

Origin of carding

1425–75; late Middle English. See card ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

It also thanked volunteers, staff and visitors who helped clear the rubbish from the Carding Mill Valley.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Marcus Carding via Facebook As an undergraduate Biology student, I was taught that science cannot answer 'why' questions - only 'how' questions.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2011

Carding Vingt-Trois said such an offensive “should not hide our failings and our eventual errors.”

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2010

Carding and spinning machines were developed, looms were fashioned better, railroad transport made its appearance.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was provided at the Carding Mill with a hat, boots, and dry stockings; and having rested about a quarter of an hour, set out again to Church Stretton, about a mile distant. 

From A Night in the Snow or, A Struggle for Life by Carr, Edmund Donald