Abstract: An arrangement for brushing a fabric web moving in a traveling direction to define an upward strand and a downward strand, includes a self-contained carrier module having a motor-driven brush rotatable about a rotation axis transversely to a traveling direction of the fabric web and carrying bristles made of plastic or metal wire. A deflection roller is disposed at a lower end of the upward strand and/or downward strand of the fabric web and movable in a direction transversely to the rotation axis of the brush. Disposed above the brush are pressure-applying strips in parallel relationship thereto for loading the upward and downward strands of the fabric web, wherein the pressure-applying strip has a surface which is convex in a direction to the fabric web.