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
Hargreaves, inventor of the jenny, and Sir Richard Arkwright both expended their ingenuity upon it, the latter seeming to have been the first to provide a carding machine operated by other than hand-power.
From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Arthur, soon after arriving in Pittsfield, constructed a carding machine and opened a Pittsfield mill.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Grace Rogers Cooper
It is more probable that the first Scholfield carding machine remained in the Byfield mill as the property of the Newburyport Woolen Manufactory.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Grace Rogers Cooper
The shettle, the carding machine, the spinning wheel and all, they made em.
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
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