Combing

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

2. That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.

3. Hair arranged to be worn on the head. The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. Jer. Taylor.

4. See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), 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.