单词 | wool card |
释义 | wool cardn. An instrument used to separate the fibres of wool, comb out impurities, and align the fibres in parallel with one another in preparation for spinning. Cf. card n.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > comb wool-comba1100 wool card1564 woolling comb1599 comb-card1835 wool-comber1843 1564 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 96 iij paire of woll cardes. 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1596) i. 71 Ye shall therefore vse to kembe them with wooll cards or horse combe, as some do. 1630 Proclam. in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 164 English Wyer..for the making of good Wooll Cardes. 1782 in G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (1876) VI. lvii. 468 Wool-cards, cotton-cards, and wire for making them. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 231 The works [at Barnsley] were long famous for the manufacture of wool-cards. 2020 @spyderkl 18 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 24 June 2020) So. I have a grocery bag full of fleece, a pair of sharp-tined wool cards, and a bottle of rum within reach. Here we go. Compounds General use as a modifier, as in wool card maker, etc. Π 1629 Leather 10 Woll-Card makers. 1836 T. F. Gordon Gazetteer State N.Y. 638 A pleasantly situated and thriving village, containing..a wool card manufactory. 1866 Rep. Comm. Revision of Revenue Syst. U.S. 478 (table) Wool card tenders. 1976 New Encycl. Brit. VII. 284/2 In worsted spinning, the wool card sliver of Merino and fine crossbred wool is first cleaned, or backwashed, by scouring. Derivatives ˈwool carder n. a person who cards wool. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > one who kember1511 breaker1514 picker1536 wool-picker1536 wool carder1580 comber1658 scribbler1682 wool-comber1702 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Cardeur de laine, a wooll carder. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 97 The exulting weavers, dyers, and wool-carders. 2016 Ann. Agric. & Environmental Med. 23 71/1 The disease [sc. Q fever]..is an occupational hazard for..operators of the livestock industry (veterinarians, tanners, and wool carders). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1564 |
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