Carding

Glossary

The process of untangling and cleaning raw cotton fibre so that it produces a continuous fibre suitable for further processing. From the Latin word carduus, meaning “teasle,” referring to the use of dried vegetable teasle to clean raw cotton.

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Carding%newline%The process of untangling and cleaning raw cotton fibre so that it produces a continuous fibre suitable for further processing. From the Latin word carduus, meaning "teasle," referring to the use of dried vegetable teasle to clean raw cotton.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Carding”. Accessed February 2, 2023. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/carding/
MLA	“Carding.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/carding/. Accessed 2, February, 2023.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Carding. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/carding/. (Accessed: 2, February, 2023)