"carding-comb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carding-combs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carding-comb (plural carding-combs)
  1. A specialised comb with a flat surface covered by serried ranks of fine teeth used to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
    Sense id: en-carding-comb-en-noun-eTI8n9to Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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