drawloom

English

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Etymology

From draw +‎ loom. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. draw?

Noun

drawloom (countable and uncountable, plural drawlooms)

1. (archaic, countable) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
2. (dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.

Related terms

• drawboy

References

• drawloom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:drawlooms on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “drawloom”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.