Parts and attachments that fit into or onto a loom to do one job in weaving, such as the heddle that lifts a warp thread, the temple that holds cloth to width, the flying shuttle that throws the weft and the Jacquard machine that selects threads for a pattern. A tool belongs here when its cited source describes it as a part of or device fitted to a loom. It excludes whole looms, which sit in the looms group. Several of these parts were patented in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and drove the mechanisation of cloth making.
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Dictionary.com: Drop Box definition
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a box for holding shuttles on a loom
Heddle (Wikipedia)
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A heddle or heald is an integral part of a loom.
Temple (weaving) (Wikipedia)
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A temple is an adjustable stretcher used on a loom to maintain the width and improve the edges of the woven fabric.
Flying shuttle (Wikipedia)
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The flying shuttle or fly shuttle is a type of weaving shuttle.
Jacquard Machine (Wikipedia)
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The Jacquard machine (French: [ʒakaʁ]) is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom and Jacquard machine is then called a Jacquard loom.
Dictionary.com: shuttle definition
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a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
Dictionary.com: pirn definition
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a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
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