English edit

Etymology edit

un- +‎ rove

Verb edit

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.