Unrove

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 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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