Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a loom, the roller on which the warp-threads are wound, and from which they are drawn as the weaving proceeds. It is placed at the back, opposite the cloth-beam, which receives the finished fabric.
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Examples
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We begin with the first heddle on the left side of the shaft _nearest to the warp-beam_, then take the first heddle of second shaft and so on until all the shafts the set contains are used in rotation.
Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics Arnold Wolfensberger
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The method of making the shaft nearest to the warp-beam the first, is almost universal with the silk business and is technically called
Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics Arnold Wolfensberger
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The threads of the warp extend in parallel order from the warp-beam to the front of the loom, and are attached to the cloth-roll.
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The warp-beam is a wooden cylinder back of the loom on which the warp is wound.
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The principal parts of a loom are the frame, the warp-beam, the cloth-roll, the heddles, and their mounting, the reed.
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From the warping-bars these bouts are carefully wound on the warp-beam.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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It seems to me impossible to explain clearly in words, though it is simple enough in execution, the laying of the piece, the orderly placing the warp on the warp-beam.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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The yarn-beam or yarn-roll or warp-beam was ever a very important part of the loom.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
ruzuzu commented on the word warp-beam
Not what I was expecting.
March 1, 2018