Definition of Handloom

1. Noun. A loom powered by hand.

Specialized synonyms: High-warp Loom, Low-warp-loom
Generic synonyms: Loom

Definition of Handloom

1. a manually operated loom [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handloom

handleless
handler
handlers
handles
handless
handlike
handline
handling
handling (psychology)
handling charge
handling cost
handlings
handlist
handlists
handlock
handloom (current term)
handlooms
handly
handmade
handmaid
handmaiden
handmaidenhood
handmaidenly
handmaidens
handmaids
handmake
handmakes
handmaking
handmark
handmarks

Literary usage of Handloom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Foundations of Indian Economics by Radhakamal Mukerjee (1916)
"CHAPTER XI handloom WEAVING handloom weaving is the most important ... Two-thirds of the skilled artisan population of the country are handloom weavers. ..."

2. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Eugene Allen Gilmore, John Rogers Commons, Helen Laura Sumner (1910)
"(g) handloom WEAVERS-A DECAYING HANDICRAFT (1) Complaints of the Weavers. Young America, Jan. 3, 1846; quoted from the True Sun. ..."

3. Oor Ain Folk: Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot by James Inglis (1894)
"Our village ' factories' were long, low, thatched- roofed tenements, with the natural clay for the floor. They were occupied by handloom weavers, ..."

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