Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Combing

Combing , noun

1.
The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.

2.
(a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.
(b)
Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
The baldness, thinness, and... deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. — Jer. Taylor
(c)
(Nautical) See Coamings.
Collocations (1)
Combing machine (Textile Manufacturing) , a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.