unrove

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ rove.

Verb

unrove (third-person singular simple present unroves, present participle unroving, simple past and past participle unroved)

1. (transitive) To separate textiles that have been roved or twisted together.
   • 2014, David J. Spencer, Knitting Technology, page 246:

     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.