a device used to card (card, v.1 1a) wool, cotton, etc., consisting of a series of cylinders (typically a large cylinder and several smaller ones)…
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine (24) carding engine1776 a device used to card (card, v.1 1a) wool, cotton, etc., consisting of a series of cylinders (typically a large cylinder and several smaller ones)… carding machine1779 a carding engine (carding engine n.). towing-mill1789 a carding-machine: see quot. 1789. comber1831 A machine for combing the fibres of cotton or wool, intended for the production of very fine yarns; a toothed instrument in a carding machine for… breaker1875 spec. The name of various machines for crushing the dried stems of flax or hemp, and for performing the first operation in carding cotton, etc. breaking-enginea1877 (a) in paper-manufacture, a machine for washing and pulping rags, a breaker; (b) in woollen-manufacture, a carding-machine. Subcategories:— roller or cylinder (8) — card or comb (4) — other parts (5) — one who tends (1) |
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