CARDING MACHINE


Meaning of CARDING MACHINE in English

Machine for carding textile fibres.

In the 18th century, hand carding was laborious and constituted a bottleneck in the newly mechanized production of textiles. Several inventors worked to develop machines to perform the task, notably John Kay , Oliver Evans , Lewis Paul , R. Arkwright , and Johann Bodmer .

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.