autoloom
Autoloom is an Indian technical term for a type of power loom — a mechanically driven loom used in textile manufacture, as opposed to a hand loom.
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Autoloom is an Indian technical term for a type of power loom — a mechanically driven loom used in textile manufacture, as opposed to a hand loom. The 'auto-' prefix indicates automatic or mechanised operation. The term is specific to the Indian textile industry, where the distinction between hand-loom, powerloom, and autoloom production carries significant economic and regulatory weight. Of interest to researchers of Indian industrial history and textile economics.
The factory replaced its old handlooms with autolooms in the 1970s, tripling output but displacing dozens of weavers.
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(India) A type of power loom.
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