'Raveling' definitions:

Definition of 'raveling'

noun

A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric [syn: raveling, ravelling]

From: GCIDE

Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld) or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.] [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.]
1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking. [1913 Webster]
Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle. [1913 Webster]
3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. [1913 Webster]
What glory's due to him that could divide Such raveled interests? has the knot untied? --Waller. [1913 Webster]
The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses! --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Raveling \Rav"el*ing\ (r[a^]v"'l*[i^]ng), n. [Also ravelling.]
1. The act of untwisting or of disentangling. [1913 Webster]
2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture. [1913 Webster]