loom
101figure loom — noun a loom for weaving figured fabrics • Syn: ↑figured fabric loom • Hypernyms: ↑loom …
102figured-fabric loom — noun a loom for weaving figured fabrics • Syn: ↑figure loom • Hypernyms: ↑loom …
103box loom — a loom with a number of shuttle boxes on one or both sides of the lay, enabling the weaver to use a variety of colors in the filling direction. [1905 10] * * * box loom, a loom with more than one shuttle box at either end of the lathe …
104broad|loom — «BRD LOOM», adjective, noun. –adj. woven on a wide loom: »a broadloom carpet. –n. material woven in this way: »gray broadloom …
105hand|loom — «HAND LOOM», noun. a weaver s loom worked by hand …
106Jacquard loom — Jacquard Jac*quard , a. Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. [1913 Webster] {Jacquard apparatus} or {Jacquard arrangement}, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism… …
107Needle loom — Needle Nee dle (n[=e] d l), n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[=ae]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l, Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[ a]hen to sew, OHG. n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne ein, and perh …
108Power loom — Power Pow er, n. [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See {Possible}, {Potent}, and cf. {Posse comitatus}.] 1. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent;… …
109The Loom of Youth — is a novel written by Alec Waugh, older brother of Evelyn Waugh, based on his life at Sherborne School, a public school in Dorset. When it was published in 1917, it was quite controversial due to its open portrayal of the homosexual passions… …
110floor loom — a loom in which the harnesses are moved by treadles, leaving the weaver s hands free to operate the shuttle. Also called treadle loom. * * * …
