power loom Meaning of "power loom"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a loom operated mechanically

Usage(s):

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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