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Webster 1913 Edition
Carding
Card′ing
,Adj.
1.
The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under
Card
, Verb.
T.
2.
A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.
Carding engine
, Carding machine
a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drums covered with wire-toothed cards, revolving nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions. The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called
slivers
.Webster 1828 Edition
Carding
CARDING
,ppr.
1.
Combing, as flax, wool, &c.2.
The act of playing at cards.Definition 2024
carding
carding
English
Verb
carding
- present participle of card
Noun
carding (countable and uncountable, plural cardings)
- (countable) A piece of wool rolled by a carder (carding machine).
- (uncountable) The fraudulent trafficking of credit card details.