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Shuttles (textile working equipment)

Scope note

Any of various slender pointed devices used in weaving for passing the thread or yarn of the weft to and fro from one edge of the cloth to the other between the threads or yarns of the warp.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000247548

Equivalent Terms used

shuttle

Created

13yrs ago

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