drawboy means A boy who operates the harness cords of a drawloom. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From draw + boy.
noun
- A boy who operates the harness cords of a drawloom.“At some time in the fifteenth century a silk-worker called John of Calabria, an Italian immigrant, had introduced a new kind of silk-weaving loom, which made the process somewhat easier. The basic difference between weaving wool (or linen) and silk lies in the fineness of the latter's threads. Because there are so many of them to the square inch, and the material itself was already expensive, silk”
- Part of a power loom that performs the same function.
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