What is the process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning called?
drawing — (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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