Unrove
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together. transitive
"Course length measurements can be obtained by unroving the yarn from a knitted fabric but this is time consuming, destructive of material and only provides the information after knitting."
Example
More examples"Course length measurements can be obtained by unroving the yarn from a knitted fabric but this is time consuming, destructive of material and only provides the information after knitting."
Etymology
From un- + rove.
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