handloom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of handloom
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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
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
For example, India’s own handloom textile industry was almost put out of business by imported British textiles.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Gérardmer is famous for its cheeses; another local industry is turnery and the weaving of linen, the linen manufactories employing many hands, whilst not a mountain cottage is without its handloom for winter use.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards
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