power loom
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Definition(s):
- (n) a loom operated mechanically
Usage(s):
- A mob of Lancashire weavers rioted in 1791 and burned to the ground a cotton mill newly set up by Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom.
- To many a carpetmaker, the switch is the biggest single change in the industry since the invention of the carpet power loom more than 100 years ago.
- But Britain cannot resume her oldtime trade position which originated in the 18th Century with the steam engine and the power loom.
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