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combed yarn

American  

noun

  1. cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.


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To make use of its tax loss, Botany bought money-making Gastonia Combed Yarn Corp.,

From Time Magazine Archive

Worsted cheviots, in plain colorings or of fancy effects, are manufactured from combed yarn.

From Project Gutenberg