card clothing
Americannoun
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Under the cylinder was a concave frame lined with similar card clothing.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Grace Rogers Cooper
The place of the other is filled by what are called "flats," or narrow bars of iron covered with card clothing.
From Makers of Many Things by Eva March Tappan
When the lap of cotton leaves the picker it goes to the carding machine, where it is combed into parallel fibers by means of a revolving cylinder covered with wire teeth called card clothing.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
The covering of the hand cards is called card clothing.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
The second machine utilized a horizontal cylinder covered with parallel rows of card clothing.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Grace Rogers Cooper
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