ravel
verb (used with object)
to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
ravelly
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a word derived from
ravel.
Example Sentences
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Bonding also makes laces and other ravelly materials as easy to sew as calico.
From Time Magazine Archive
He considered a little ravelly strip along one of his cuffs solicitously.
From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Ah, but the diks an’ the water-lets, they twists the roads about as ravelly as witch-yarn on the spindles.
From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Arthur Rackham
One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
This method takes the place of serging or overcasting and is much better for thin ravelly goods.
From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Vanness Copeland
