floor loom

[ flawr loom ]

noun

1. a loom in which the harnesses are moved by treadles, leaving the weaver's hands free to operate the shuttle.

Example Sentences

The object of my desire was a wooden floor loom in the window of my local thrift shop.

From Salon

“When are we going home?” she’d ask, and I’d walk around the room to point out the lamp she had brought back from Venice, the antique floor loom in the corner and her fabrics hanging on the walls.

From New York Times

The fact that the only kiddie goblin costume out there involves hand dying, and let’s say, feverishly working the foot treadles on a floor loom, indicates that goblins have gone where the goblins go—below, below, below.

From Slate