verb
garnett
verb
1
To shred and separate waste textile fibers, such as old rags, so they can be reprocessed into new yarn.
"The mill garnetted the leftover scraps before feeding them into the carding machine."
noun
1
A machine used in textile mills to break waste fabric back down into loose fiber for reuse.
"The old garnett in the corner of the mill still runs on its original motor."
How to Use Garnett
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA textile-industry term for shredding waste fabric back into raw fiber, or the machine that does it.
Word Forms
garnetted past tense, garnetts plural, garnetts singular
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Etymology
Believed to derive from the surname of an early manufacturer of the machine.