raveler
English
Alternative forms
- raveller
Etymology
ravel + -er
Noun
raveler (plural ravelers)
- One who, or that which, ravels.
- 1910, Textile world record: Volume 38, Issue 4
- There are no trimmers or ravelers on the machine.
- 1910, Textile world record: Volume 38, Issue 4
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for raveler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)