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Reed  
DEFINITION
  • n. A term inherited from Germanic. From the Old English "hread" "hriod" and Middle English "hreod" "reod" "reddle" "reyd" among other forms. It is a part of the loom, a device in the shape of a comb, which consists of a set of evenly spaced wires known as dents, fastened in the batten between two parallel bars of wood and metal. It is used for separating or determining the spacing between the warp ends and for beating the weft into place. It is now, generally, of thin metal strips, called leaves.
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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; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Peigne

French

Pettine

Italian

Peine

Spanish

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