单词 | handloom |
释义 | handloomn. 1. A weaving loom worked by hand rather than being driven by mechanical power. Cf. power loom n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > operated in specific way > hand loom handloom1604 1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. D4v The men Weauing, the women Spinning, the children at their Hand-loomes. 1793 G. Hamilton Voy. Round World i. 42 Were a hand-loom on a simple construction..introduced amongst them, they could soon turn their cotton to good account. 1833 Sir D. Barry Factory Comm. Rep. App. A. 3. 42 Thinks her daughter's health rather better than when at the handloom. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 341/2 The great factories of Coventry are sweeping away the hand-looms of ‘Milby’. 1940 M. Masani Our India viii. 102 If in the bulk of the homes of our cultivators there were a spinning-wheel..or a hand-loom.., they could satisfy the market which at present invites foreign cloth. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall Yorks. Textile Mills i. 11/2 The introduction of the Jacquard mechanism, at first to handlooms in the 1820s and later to powerlooms, allowed intricately patterned cloth to be woven automatically. 2001 R. R. Franck Silk, Mohair, Cashmere & Other Luxury Fibres i. 29 In countries such as India and Thailand, handlooms are still commonly used. 2. Fabric, esp. linen, woven on such a loom; a piece or type of this. Now chiefly Indian English. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > woven > made by specific method of weaving footwork1568 set1780 stocking1812 reed1823 stocking-web1843 handloom1867 terry1879 Hardanger1904 ikat1931 rip-stop1945 1867 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 27 May 7/2 Linens, brown handloom—No improvement can be announced in this department of the trade. 1890 Daily News 10 Mar. 2/7 Flax and Linens.—Belfast..In brown power loom linens the demand continues very languid..Handlooms are unchanged. 1962 Listener 18 Jan. 115/2 Little knots of squatting figures, all in regulation white handloom and topped with a crisp white hat. 1988 Times of India 23 Feb. i. 6/5 Indians who wear handloom, buy handloom and take pride in its rich diversity, take it for granted. 2010 Skills Ahead (Nexis) Mar. Short skirts in Kashmiri handloom. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1819 Times 19 Apr. 3/4 James Coppack..saw a public procession of weavers..turn out the hand-loom weavers. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 99/2 Hand-loom weaving is altogether a domestic manufacture. 1865 Belfast News-Let. 3 June Production of hand-loom linens is much above what it was at the commencement of the past month. 1893 Daily News 27 Apr. 7/3 Drills and handloom goods dull. 1933 I. Paterson Never ask End xxiv. 308 His shirt was of white handloom silk. 1948 G. W. Southgate Eng. Econ. Hist. (new ed.) xv. 130 With the introduction of power-weaving the wages of hand-loom weavers fell. 1990 Stamp Monthly Mar. 5/1 A..postage stamp..that shows a handloom shuttle and commemorates the Nordic wool and cotton weaving crafts. Derivatives ˈhand-loomed adj. woven on a handloom. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > woven > hand-woven hand-loomed1893 1893 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 28 Nov. 5/3 (advt.) Matlesse Cloth, fine hand-loomed Boucles, and other novelty weaves. 1928 Daily Express 13 July 3/6 Hand-loomed leathers..are a vogue in exclusive handbags. 1999 P. Mishra Romantics (2001) ii. v. 168 In one corner, partitioned off by a flimsy hand-loomed sari, was the kitchen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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