card clothing
Americannoun
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The second machine utilized a horizontal cylinder covered with parallel rows of card clothing.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers
Although the cylinders and the card clothing wore out and had to be replaced, the heavy wooden frames of the early machines remained long in serviceable condition.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers
The covering of the hand cards is called card clothing.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
Under the cylinder was a concave frame lined with similar card clothing.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers
When the lap of cotton leaves the picker it goes to the carding machine, where it is combed into parallel fibers by means of a revolving cylinder covered with wire teeth called card clothing.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
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