单词 | wool-combing |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwool-ˌcombing ˈwool-ˌcombing n. (also attributive). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing wool-carding1677 wool-combing1723 1723 I. Mills Brit. Patent 456 (1857) 1 Two instruments of iron, to be vsed in the said trade of wooll kembing and pressing,..a fire being made in the body of the instrument of iron for kembing. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xvi. 387 The woolcombing business was formerly carried on..at Chumleigh. 1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 913 Wool~combing by machinery has now almost superseded the work by hand. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 440/1 A new wool-combing apparatus. < as lemmas |
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