| 单词 | carding engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarding engine carding engine n. now chiefly historical 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) covered with metal teeth or wire pins which comb out impurities and separate and straighten the fibres; cf. carding machine n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine carding engine1776 carding machine1779 towing-mill1789 comber1831 breaker1875 breaking-enginea1877 1776 T. Wood Brit. Patent 1130 (1856) 2 A porcupine roller that receives the cotton..and delivers it to the carding engine. 1887 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (1st Sess. 10th Parl.) H.–4. 29 A young man..had his right arm severely injured in the cog-wheels of a carding engine, which he was working with the wheel guard removed. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall Yorks. Textile Mills i. 7/2 Carding engines were introduced rapidly into the cotton industry and, together with the similar but coarser scribbling engine, into the woollen industry. < as lemmas |
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