breaker card
noun
the first card in the carding process, used to open the raw stock and to convert it into sliver form.
Origin of breaker card
1First recorded in 1870–75
- Compare finisher card, intermediate card.
Words Nearby breaker card
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How to use breaker card in a sentence
A receptacle, very similar to that used at the breaker card, appears near the far end of the softening machine in Fig. 13.
The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth | T. Woodhouse and P. KilgourThe sliver from the can of the breaker card may be wound into balls, or it may be taken direct to the finisher card.
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