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A History of the County of Stafford
… Road. The works included a rope-walk and seaming, weaving, and tarpaulin rooms; the firm produced rope, twine, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Amalgamated) began silk, rayon, and woollen weaving there. The factory was enlarged in 1932, but closed …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… warping barr] The warping bar was an instrument used in weaving for measuring the length WARP required to weave a … Archive may be found among the equipment of those weaving SILK. Each was listed in association with a RICE …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… whitening the cloth, together with new sorts of looms for weaving, that from cloth of 12 d. and 15 d. per yard which …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Customs officers as to be levied upon unwrought incle [the weaving of] which employs our poor and [as merely extending] …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was provided, flint-digging in the 1820s and apparently weaving in the 1740s. 6 There was also a parish workhouse, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Weavers loom - West Indian pickle Weavers loom [weaving-loom; weaving loom; weavers loom] Also given as weaving loom, this is a LOOM for weaving. OED earliest date …
A Dictionary of London
… Roach Smith thinks it was of Roman origin, implements for weaving having been discovered amongst Roman remains (Illus. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… mills. 59 In the 17th and 18th centuries spinning and weaving were carried on, mostly at a domestic level and …