'Combing machine' definitions:

Definition of 'Combing machine'

From: GCIDE
  • Combing \Comb"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. pl. (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head. [1913 Webster]
  • The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. --Jer. Taylor. (c) (Naut.) See Coamings. [1913 Webster]
  • Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also {Carding machine}, under Carding. [1913 Webster]