carding machine

American  

noun

1. card.

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Etymology

Origin of carding machine

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

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carding machine

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

Arthur, soon after arriving in Pittsfield, constructed a carding machine and opened a Pittsfield mill.

From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers

The carding machine and the spinning jenny having been invented twenty years before, the power loom completed the machinery necessary to the indefinite extension of the manufacture of cotton.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

As early as 1816 John Scholfield, Jr., was reported to have in his mill in Jewett City, Connecticut, a double-cylinder carding machine 3 feet wide.

From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers

To produce a practical carding machine, however, several additional mechanical improvements were necessary.

From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers