carding-comb en · NOUN
Meanings
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A specialised comb with a flat surface covered by serried ranks of fine teeth used to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
The other woman took a pair of carding-combs and began to card, but she had no wool upon them.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 204:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| carding-combs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |