power-loom
[pou-er-loom]
- a loom operated by mechanical or electrical power.
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Origin of power-loom
First recorded in 1800–10
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The place of the hero in the poem would of course be supplied by a power-loom.
It was the same with the introduction of the spinning machinery,—the same with the power-loom.
Knowledge is Power:Charles Knight
When capitalism began, when it came with its steam engine and its power-loom, what was the first thing it did?
The Common Sense of SocialismJohn Spargo
The worsted industry of East Anglia is perishing, defeated by the resources of Yorkshire, of which the power-loom is only one.
This became a common practice when the hand-loom workers were groaning under the pressure of competition from the power-loom.