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third-person singular simple present unroves, present participle unroving, simple past and past participle unroved
(transitive) To separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together. quotations examples
Course length measurements can be obtained by unroving the yarn from a knitted fabric but this is time consuming, destructive of material and only provides the information after knitting.
2014, David J. Spencer, Knitting Technology, page 246