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handloom

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[hand-loom] / ˈhændˌlum /

noun

  1. a loom operated manually, in contrast to a power loom.


Etymology

Origin of handloom

First recorded in 1825–35; hand + loom 1

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But the handloom weavers, who worked from home and traditionally took Mondays off after working all weekend, were available.

From The Guardian Jan. 4, 2018

Craft production like handloom weaving was destroyed everywhere, including in Britain itself.

From BBC Jul. 27, 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

For example, India’s own handloom textile industry was almost put out of business by imported British textiles.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Yet are we no longer the child; we look now for no new world at the top, only for a little garden and a tiny house, and a handloom in the house.

From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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