1852 24 Apr. 254/2 The momentum of the picker motion, at one side of the loom, is counterbalanced by that of the other picker motion at the opposite side of the loom.
1903 18 Apr. 5/4 E. E. Sullivan of Fall River is the inventor of a new picker motion for looms, by which the shuttle is thrown from one side of the loom to the other to lay the weft.