raveling

A thread or fiber that has become separated from a woven material.

An obsolete form of ravelin.

A raveled thread or fiber; a thread drawn out from a woven, knitted, or twisted fabric: as, to use ravelings for basting.

The act of untwisting or of disentangling.

That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.

Present participle of ravel.

a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric