Definition of Cardings

1. carding [n] - See also: carding

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardings

cardinalin
cardinalist
cardinalists
cardinalities
cardinality
cardinalize
cardinalized
cardinalizing
cardinally
cardinals
cardinalship
cardinalships
carding
carding machine
carding machines
cardings
cardio
cardio-
cardio-omentopexy
cardioaccelerator
cardioactive
cardioangiography
cardioaortic
cardioarterial
cardioarterial interval
cardiocele
cardiochalasia
cardiocyte
cardiocytes
cardiodiaphragmatic angle

Literary usage of Cardings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures: And the by James Bischoff (1842)
"In the operation of slubbing, the cardings are joined together end to end, ... The cardings are arranged on an endless apron, in a slanting direction at the ..."

2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1850)
"An Improved method of piecing up wool cardings with shorter lapping of the ... The space through which the pieces of cardings have to pass, unsupported, ..."

3. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1829)
"Patentee proceeds to describe certain variations, which may be made in the construction of the receiver B, by which the cardings are conducted from the ..."

4. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1829)
"While this process is going forward, it is the business of the piecer to piece or connect together these several cardings as they are consumed or converted ..."

5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"The cardings are so exceedingly lender, that they would readily draw out, ... The machine requires the attendance of a child, to bring the cardings from the ..."

6. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"During the motion of the carriage, the attendant rotates the crank-shaft, and the spindles «re rapidly revolved, giving the cardings the required degree of ..."

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