handloom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of handloom
Example Sentences
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The handloom weavers of Bengal had produced and exported some of the world's most desirable fabrics, especially cheap but fine muslins, some light as "woven air".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2015
The original Luddites were handloom weavers in England who smashed and burned power looms and mills on the theory that technology posed a fundamental threat to human well-being.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2014
At the beginning of the age of industrialisation in Britain, these elements were very evident: starving handloom weavers and factory operatives toiling for 14 hours a day in stiflingly hot, dust-ridden textile mills.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2013
For example, India’s own handloom textile industry was almost put out of business by imported British textiles.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
My next visit was to a factory of handloom silk-weavers, where 180 hands, half of them women, are employed.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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