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
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
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
If the first Scholfield carding machine remained a part of the property, therefore it must have been lost in that fire.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Cooper, Grace Rogers
A valentine or two and the portrait of a gamekeeper and his dog hung beside the carding machine; for Sally Groves had retired and a younger woman was in her place.
From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden
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