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Loom

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same.

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Etymology and usage

Components and actions

Shedding methods

Picking (weft insertion)

Battening

Secondary motions

Frames

Handlooms to power looms

Symbolism and cultural significance

Bibliography

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Loom

Nodes136
Edges135
Triples287
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014706
Components1

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Loom

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 80
Loom → Ancient Technology, Ancient Times, Ann, Archived, Athens, Barber, Brill, British School, Broudy, Burnham, Business, Capability, Carol, Carol Ventura, Cintas Mayas, Collier, Cotton Weaving, Cotton-Manufacture, Crowfoot, Dorothy
related to Boat shuttles · 25
Loom → All, Asymmetric, Boat, Boats, Bottom, EstoniaWeaving, It, Khotan, Macedonian, MexicoHow, Other, Rhode Island, Simple, Swedish-style, The, These Assamese, They, This, This Transylvanian, Top
related to Flying shuttle · 11
Loom → An, Hand, Handloom, If, Japan, John Kay, Late, Narrow, Subtitles, The, With
related to Backstrap loom · 10
Loom → Andean, Balanced, Both, Central, East, It, One, South Asia, The, They
related to Tapestry looms · 10
Loom → Bobbins, English, French, Haut-lisse, Looms, New ZealandCommercial, Niewe Kerk Middelburg, Speed, Tapestry, TextielMuseum Tilburg
has method · 9
Loom → At, It, Pile, Pin, Some, There, These, Two, Usually
related to Motions · 9
Loom → After, Battening, Conventional, More, Picking, Shedding, Sheds, The, This
related to Warp-weighted loom · 9
Loom → Frequently, Horizontally, Its, Neolithic, Simple, The, They, This, When
related to Battening · 8
Loom → Ancient Egyptian, Battening, Braga, Coast Salish, For, North American, PortugalReed, The
is a · 7
Loom → device used to weave cloth and tapestry, loom powered by a source of energy other than the weaver's muscles, mechanical loom, misnomer, predecessor to the computer punched card readers of the 19th and 20th centuries.A female worker changing jacquard cards in a lace machine in a Nottingham factory, symbol of cosmic creation and the structure upon which individual destiny is woven, vertical loom that may have originated in the Neolithic period

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warp looms weaving weft threads used shed shuttle also two may shedding cloth weave heddle treadles one called power heddles

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Loomis adevice used to weave cloth and tapestry0.90text
Loomis amechanical loom0.90text
Loomis amisnomer0.90text
Loomis apredecessor to the computer punched card readers of the 19th and 20th centuries.A female worker changing jacquard cards in a lace machine in a Nottingham factory0.90text
Loomis avertical loom that may have originated in the Neolithic period0.90text
Loomis aloom powered by a source of energy other than the weaver's muscles0.90text
Loomis asymbol of cosmic creation and the structure upon which individual destiny is woven0.90text
brocadeinstance ofwhich simplifies the process of manufacturing figured textiles with complex patterns0.80text
damaskinstance ofwhich simplifies the process of manufacturing figured textiles with complex patterns0.80text
and matelasseinstance ofwhich simplifies the process of manufacturing figured textiles with complex patterns0.80text
hosieryinstance ofCircular looms are used to create seamless tubes of fabric for products0.80text
sacksinstance ofCircular looms are used to create seamless tubes of fabric for products0.80text

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