carding machine

American  

noun

1. card.

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Etymology

Origin of carding machine

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

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

This series included the invention of the fly shuttle, the carding machine, the steam engine, and the power loom.

From The Negro by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

It has a mill, a carding machine, a tavern, a schoolhouse, five stores, fourteen houses, two or three men of genius, and a noisy dam.

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott

The disappearance of the original Scholfield carding machine is regrettable, but fortunately the Scholfields' importance to the American woolen industry does not depend on their having produced this one machine.

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

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