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ˈpower-ˌloom
a. A weaving loom worked by mechanical power (water, steam, etc.), as distinguished from a hand-loom. Also fig.
1808J. Duncan Art of Weaving 272 The chief working parts of the different power looms. 1827Edin. Rev. XLVI. 16 The power-loom..is one of the most..useful machines that has ever been constructed. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxxii. (ed. 3) 339 A hand-weaver must possess bodily strength, which is not essential for a person attending a power-loom. 1843Ainsworth's Mag. IV. 95 A stoker to the power-loom in which are weaving the future destinies of mankind. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 259/1 Between 1785 and 1792 Cartwright matured his power-loom. 1941J. Masefield In Mill 6 More than a hundred power-looms were in full work. 1968J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts xvi. 206 With the invention of the power-loom, in 1787, it became dominated by the machine.
b. Comb., as power-loom cloth, power-ˌloom weaver, power-ˌloom weaving.
1833H. Martineau Manch. Strike i. 9 All present were spinners and power-loom weavers. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 331 Capital..expended in..the mere spinning of power-loom yarn, or the weaving of what is purchased. 1844G. Dodd Textile Manuf. i. 22 Power-loom weaving is combined with spinning. 1892Daily News 13 Feb. 7/3 There is no change in the market for brown power-loom cloth. |