He was a wool-Carder by trade, but that was not enough for him; he must buy little bits of estates here and there; must even keep a tavern, where he and his wife could entertain the foreign sailors and hear the news of the world; where also, although perhaps they did not guess it, a sharp pair of ears were also listening, and a pair of round eyes gazing, and an inquisitive face set in astonishment at the strange tales that went about.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young
Then came a goat belonging to Charles Chapman the wool-Carder, the only goat in the place, which as often as the strain on his own tail slackened, made a butt at that of the calf in front of him.
"Alec Forbes of Howglen"
George MacDonald
The eyes were wheels, and beneath, the mass of the Carder opened its mouth-a thin and hungry slit into which wound an endless band.
"The Spinners"
Eden Phillpotts