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Glossary

What is Sliver?

Loose rope-like strand of roughly aligned fibres from carding.

This term in other languages

Arabicالشريط الليفي (السليفر)
FrenchRuban (sliver)
TurkishŞerit (sliver)

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How fibres become yarn: the spinning process from bale to cone

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