Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A weighing-beam for ascertaining the weight of a yard of cloth by weighing a whole piece.
  • noun That roll of a loom upon which the cloth is wound as it is woven.

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Examples

  • The warp is kept at great tension, and the cloth-beam on which the woven tissue is rolled rests on the woman's lap during the process of weaving.

    In the Forbidden Land Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

  • Upon it are wound the warp-threads, which stretch in close parallels from it to the cloth-beam at the front of the loom.

    Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

  • The cloth-beam is about ten inches in diameter, and the cloth is wound as the weaving proceeds.

    Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

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