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PREFERRED TERM
Beater  
DEFINITION
  • n. In a loom, the swinging frame in which the reed is fastened. It serves to beat in the weft.
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
ENTRY TERMS
  • batten
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • CIETA. Vocabulary of technical terms of fabrics (English, French, Italian, Spanish). Lyon: Centre  International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 1964; Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Battant

French

Battente

Italian

Batán

Spanish

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