loomworks

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

loom +‎ works

Noun[edit]

loomworks (plural loomworks)

  1. A factory where textiles are manufactured on a loom.
    • 1892, Practical Engineer, volume 6, page 408:
      A Blackburn paper states that the experiment of weaving by electricity has for the first time been tried with perfect success at the loomworks of Messrs. Henry Livesey Limited, Greenbank, Blackburn. The works are illumined by electric light []

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