What is the meaning of the term omaine referred to the combing process?
The term ‘Romaine’ refers to the ratio of the blousse to the mass of material fed to the combing machine (worsted matter + blousse), without consideration of powder and duvet. To this aim, you take out some worsted matter after 50 or 100 strokes of the combing machine together with the corresponding blousse and measure the blousse percentage using the special scale (Romaine).