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handloom

[hand-loom]

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noun

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

Origin of handloom

First recorded in 1825–35; hand + loom¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for handloom

Historical Examples of handloom

A man invents a machine which does the work of ten handloom weavers.
Britain for the British
Robert Blatchford
The old Cobbler, like the ancient spinster and handloom weaver, is retiring into the shade of the boot and shoe factory.
Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers
William Edward Winks
Receiving a common school education, he was apprenticed to a handloom weaver.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V.
Various
Who should know so well as I that it is but a handloom compared to the great guns that reverberate through the age to come?
Margaret Ogilvy
J. M. Barrie
The handloom weavers in two of the suburbs of Philadelphia started cooperative associations at the same time.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
Selig Perlman