carding machine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of carding machine
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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The fibres are passed through a carding machine, emerging as a broad loose band; then sewn crosswise by rows of tiny stitches; the crosswise direction giving great strength to the finished cloth.
From Time Magazine Archive
That carding machine I'm telling bout turned out rolls of wool.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
At seventeen, while tending a carding machine, he wrote a paper on Calvinism.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley
Carding The carding machine further cleans the fibers and lays them in a general parallel position.
From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz
To the new factory were moved the first carding machine, two double-carding machines, as well as spinning, weaving and fulling machines.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers
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