English Noun carding-comb (plural carding-combs) A specialised comb with a flat surface covered by serried ranks of fine teeth used to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 204:The other woman took a pair of carding-combs and began to card, but she had no wool upon them.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.