shuttlelessadj.
/ˈʃʌt(ə)lləs/, U.S. /ˈʃədə(l)ləs/ Adapted to work without a shuttle.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing > types of sewing machine
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1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 7/3 A shuttleless lockstitch sewing machine.
1890 B'ham Weekly Post 1 Feb. 1/5 The shuttleless loom.
1961 Textile World July 30 Shuttleless looms.
1967 Economist 29 Apr. 459/3 Popularly known as ‘the green box’, the BD 200, together with the shuttleless jet loom, could revolutionise the Czech industry.
1975 Guardian 27 Jan. 15/1 Most loom-builders were thinking in terms of shuttleless machines.
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