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PREFERRED TERM
Warp beam  
DEFINITION
  • In the looms that have warp beams, it is the beam to which the awrp is attached or the roller on which it is wound preparatory to weaving. But on simple looms with spiral warp, it is the beam which keeps the tension on the unwoven parts of the warp.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • cane roller
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Burnham, Dorothy. Warp and Weft. A Textile Terminology. Royal Ontario Museum, 1980.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Rouleau

French

Ensouple
Subbio

Italian

Plegador

Spanish

desarrollador
plegador de urdimbre
enjullo
plegador de tela
enjulio
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/363
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