[f. prec.] trans. To combine (any element) chemically with carbon; to impregnate or charge with carbon. Hence Carburetting, -eting, vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1869. Eng. Mech., 31 Dec., 379/1. A small gas-making machine, founded upon the principle of the carburetting of the atmospheric air. Ibid. It feeds the vessel in which is placed the carburetting element.