Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Woven on a hand-operated loom.
- adjective Woven by hand.
- noun A fabric or item of clothing woven by hand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
hand-loomed; .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Woven byhand , or with a hand-operatedloom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective made on a handloom
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Examples
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The fabric was handwoven from a superlative silk, made by the silkworms of the famous Phu Yen Village.
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(Not like those actual tribespeople, who wouldn't know handwoven chevron if it bit them in the ass.)
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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The tailoring is all about heritage, and we decided to add something from my own heritage -- Uzbekistan handwoven silks with ikat prints.
Julie Vacca: Sartorial Bespoke Julie Vacca 2010
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She commissioned a handwoven fabric from a design atelier in Bogota, Colombia, through Cristina Grajales, a gallery in New York, making the pillows "objects of luxury" rather than accents.
Have You Had Some Work Done? William L. Hamilton 2011
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(Not like those actual tribespeople, who wouldn't know handwoven chevron if it bit them in the ass.)
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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The tailoring is all about heritage, and we decided to add something from my own heritage -- Uzbekistan handwoven silks with ikat prints.
Julie Vacca: Sartorial Bespoke Julie Vacca 2010
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Look what's happened with the Mochila bag, a handwoven purse from Colombian and Venezuelan tribes.
Jenni Avins: Can Globalization Be Glamorous? Check Out Brazil 2010
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Within minutes, though, we had collected an allotment of high-value supplies, including natural cold medication (with cardamom), decorative felt banners declaring the Krishna mantra, and a handwoven rug for my mother, available from a haber-dasher named Dinish, who gave us a good discount on account of my uncle.
A World Apart: My uncle is a Hare Krishna spiritual master Chico Harlan 2010
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A feature story in the local paper had included the cost of authentic, handwoven tartans the Guthrie Theater had commissioned for a production of MacBeth.
Spiritual Biography 2010
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Look what's happened with the Mochila bag, a handwoven purse from Colombian and Venezuelan tribes.
Jenni Avins: Can Globalization Be Glamorous? Check Out Brazil 2010
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