n. The act of using a comb.n. The process of carding wool. See card, transitive verb, and carding-machine.n. The process of hackling flax.n. Graining on wood.n. That which is removed by combing or carding: generally in the plural: as, the combings of wool or hair.n. Hair combed over a bald part of the head.n. Same as coaming.