raveling

[ rav-uh-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

something raveled out, as a thread drawn or separated from a knitted or woven fabric.

First recorded in 1650–60; ravel + -ing ¹

By raveling off about four inches from each leg he got enough cotton thread to patch the other two wicks with.

He'd been raveling off his pants for more splices until he blushed to look at himself.

In dry climates, a layer six inches thick will be adequate if it can be kept from raveling.

Baste also one-fourth inch hems at the outside edges of the side lengths which are raveling.

Bastions and raveling were everywhere rising, constructed on principles unknown to Parma and Spinola.

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