1. : a thick heavy overcoating that is made of wool often mixed with shoddy and that has a rough shaggy face; also : a garment made of this material — called also dreadnought
2.
a. : a machine for disentangling woolen fiber prior to carding that consists usually of one large cylinder with hooked teeth and several worker and stripper rollers
b. : a picker preceding the card
Useful english dictionary. 2012.