Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Roving \Rov"ing\, n.
   1. 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.

   2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly
      twisted; a rove. See 2d {Rove}, 2.

   {Roving frame}, {Roving machine}, a machine for drawing and
      twisting roves and twisting roves and winding them on
      bobbin for the spinning machine.