Glossary
What is Rapier loom?
A shuttleless weaving machine that carries the weft yarn across the warp using one or two rigid or flexible rapier arms; handles a wide range of yarn types and widths and can carry a dobby or jacquard attachment for patterning.
This term in other languages
| Arabic | نول الريبير |
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| French | Métier à lance (rapière) |
| Turkish | Rapier dokuma tezgahı |
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The main machine families in spinning, weaving and knitting mills
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