drawboy
Americannoun
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an apparatus for controlling and manipulating the harness cords on a power loom.
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a boy who operates and controls the harness cords of a draw-loom.
Etymology
Origin of drawboy
Example Sentences
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That ended and the weaving begun, she took to questioning Cimarron the drawboy.
From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise
The Flemish weaver might be silent, but he was not stupid, and the drawboy, the dusky youth with the coarse black hair, was like a wild panther-cub.
From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise
Thus the drawboy and the reader of designs were both at once superseded.
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel
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