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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.