Roving

·noun The act of one who roves or wanders.

II. Roving ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Rove.

III. Roving ·noun A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. ·see 2d Rove, 2.

IV. Roving ·noun The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.