breaker card

noun

1. the first card in the carding process, used to open the raw stock and to convert it into sliver form.

Word History and Origins

Origin of breaker card¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Fun game suggestions for a group include Celebrity, Telestrations, telephone Pictionary, Cards Against Humanity and How Do You See the World?, an “ice breaker card game to encourage open discussion.”

From Los Angeles Times

Two distinct courses are followed in the preparation of the jute fibre after it leaves the bale opener, and before it is carded by the breaker card.

From Project Gutenberg

The conditioned stricks from the softening machine are first arranged in some suitable receptacle and within easy reach of the operative at the back or feed side of the breaker card.

From Project Gutenberg

The driving or pulley side of the breaker card is very similar to that shown in Fig.

From Project Gutenberg

One very common method of feeding is to place 10 or 12 full sliver cans--which have been prepared at the breaker card--on the floor and to the right of the machine illustrated in Fig.

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