† rovellingn.

Forms: 1800s roveling, 1800s rovelling.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rove v.⁴, -el suffix¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < rove v.⁴ + -el suffix¹ (compare -le suffix 3) + -ing suffix¹. Perhaps compare earlier (in different textile-related sense) ravelling n. Compare earlier roving n.³ 2 and rove n.⁶

Obsolete.

A long thin roll of carded wool, ready for spinning; wool in this form. Cf. roving n.³ 2.

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1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 146 The object here is to break the wool completely,..and to form it into a thin roll, or ‘rovelling’, of the slightest texture imaginable.

1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 147 The particles..produce no rovelling, and cannot be spun in the same manner as a woollen thread.

1834 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. x. 572 [Wool] ought to have that peculiar crisping or curling quality..so that..all the parts be hooked together, and form what has been termed the rovelling.

1894 C. Vickerman Woollen Spinning ix. 143 There was commenced a peculiar shuffling movement..which had the effect of collecting and bringing off the wool in a roll, or ‘roveling’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	rovelling
释义	† rovellingn. Forms: 1800s roveling, 1800s rovelling. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rove v.⁴, -el suffix¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < rove v.⁴ + -el suffix¹ (compare -le suffix 3) + -ing suffix¹. Perhaps compare earlier (in different textile-related sense) ravelling n. Compare earlier roving n.³ 2 and rove n.⁶ Obsolete. A long thin roll of carded wool, ready for spinning; wool in this form. Cf. roving n.³ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > wool > carded tumming1615 jersey1657 rovelling1805 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 146 The object here is to break the wool completely,..and to form it into a thin roll, or ‘rovelling’, of the slightest texture imaginable. 1805 J. Luccock Nature & Prop. Wool 147 The particles..produce no rovelling, and cannot be spun in the same manner as a woollen thread. 1834 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. x. 572 [Wool] ought to have that peculiar crisping or curling quality..so that..all the parts be hooked together, and form what has been termed the rovelling. 1894 C. Vickerman Woollen Spinning ix. 143 There was commenced a peculiar shuffling movement..which had the effect of collecting and bringing off the wool in a roll, or ‘roveling’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1805
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