intermediate card

noun

Textiles.

1. a card used in the carding process to transfer sliver from the breaker card to the finisher card.

Example Sentences

This you can do by leading the top or an intermediate card of your long suit; your partner, by applying the "Rule of Eleven," can see that you are not leading the fourth best card, and unless it is for the best interest of the two hands will not return the suit.

From Project Gutenberg

The ace shall only begin a sequence; it shall not end a sequence after a king, nor shall it be an intermediate card between a king and a two.¹

From Project Gutenberg