🧵 Short leftover fibers ✂️ To remove short fibers

to noil

9.9

To remove short fibers from wool, silk and other cloth

verb

Specialized

: eliminar fibras cortas

Before spinning, workers noil the wool to ensure only the longest fibers remain.

Examples

The factory uses machines to noil silk, improving the quality of the final fabric.
It is important to noil the fibers thoroughly for a smoother yarn.
Don't noil the silk!
The factory workers noil the wool before spinning it.
Before spinning, workers noil the wool to ensure only the longest fibers remain.
The factory uses machines to noil silk, improving the quality of the final fabric.
It is important to noil the fibers thoroughly for a smoother yarn.

Synonyms

to delint

vsto noil

Specialized

1 9.6

To remove small loose fibers from fabric or cotton seeds

focuses on wool silk and similar textiles rather than cotton

Surface Forms

noil infinitive

noiled past

noiled past participle

noiling present participle

noils third person singular

Etymology

Noil as a verb comes from the same cloth-making idea and describes the action of taking away those short, 'leftover' fibers; imagine picking out the little 'nubs' so only the long fibers stay. So, to noil is to remove short fibers from wool, silk, or other textile fibers during processing.