Glossary
What is Shuttle loom?
The oldest weaving-machine type, carrying the weft yarn across the warp inside a shuttle passed hand-to-hand or mechanically; slower than modern shuttleless looms and now mostly limited to narrow or specialty fabrics.
This term in other languages
| Arabic | نول المكوك |
|---|---|
| French | Métier à navette |
| Turkish | Mekikli dokuma tezgahı |
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The main machine families in spinning, weaving and knitting mills
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