A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
A continuous strand or rope of parallel alpaca fibers approximately uniform in a cross-sectional area, and without twist. A product of the carding and drawing process; carded slivers are blended prior to combing in the manufacture of worsted yarn.
The loose, untwisted strand of cotton FIBERS produced on the CARDING MACHINE, DRAWING FRAME, and COMBING MACHINE.
a ropelike strand of soft cotton about the diameter of a broom stick. In cotton production, "sliver" is pronounced with a long "i"; in worsted production, with a short "i."
Slivers are the round rope-like strands that are funneled off the carding comb and drawing operation. These slivers are tested and drawn until they become yarn ready for weaving.
A sliver is an irregular shaped piece of metal clinging loosely to the finished fastener.
a small loose or torn segment and a scab is a large loose or torn segment of material longitudinally rolled into the surface of the bar
The thick, untwisted rope of fibre produced by the carding engine.
A loose, soft, untwisted strand or rope of fibers used in making yarn. In diameter about the size of a man's thumb.
A continuous strand of parallel overlapping natural fibers (manila, cotton, sisal, jute, etc.) ready for twisting.
An untwisted strand or rope of textile fiber produced by a carding or combing machine.
A continuous untwisted rope of assembled fibre with a uniform cross-section. A sliver is produced after fibre has been carded. Several slivers can be processed further by putting them through a drawframe to produce a single, well blended and straightened sliver. The sliver usually goes through further processing by drawing out into a roving. The same term is used throughout the woollen, worsted, cotton and man-made fibre industries.
Fibres in rope form without twist.
A ropelike strand of fibers produced from the carding process that is approximately the thickness of a broom.
a light, rope-like arrangement of carded wool fibers