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countershed

UK/ˈkaʊntəˌʃɛd/US/ˈkaʊntɚˌʃɛd/

countershed noun: a shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.

Noun

countershed (plural countersheds)

  1. A shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.
    • ww ſind die beiden gekrümmten Urme oder Pedale, welche die Gegenöffnung (countershed tappets) bewirken[…]1842, Andreas Valentin Demme, “53. Verbeſſerte Webemaſchinen”, in Der praktische Maschinenbauer […] , Quedlinburg: Gottfried Baſſe, page 328
    • The A-Fipa weaver makes countershed and shed and then two picks, then countershed and shed and two picks again[…]1918, H. Roth Ling, “Studies in Primitive Looms”, in The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute […] , volume 48, number 2, Royal Anthropological Institute, page 151

Forms of countershed

pluralcountersheds
alternative formcounter-shed

Origin of countershed

From counter- + shed (“gap between threads”).

Questions about countershed

What does countershed mean?
Countershed means a shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.
What part of speech is countershed?
Countershed is a noun.
How do you pronounce countershed?
Countershed is pronounced /ˈkaʊntəˌʃɛd/ (UK).
What is the plural of countershed?
The plural of countershed is countersheds.

Words near countershed in the dictionary

  1. countershadings
  2. countershaft
  3. countershafted
  4. countershafting
  5. countershafts
  6. countershed
  7. countersheds
  8. countershock
  9. countershocks
  10. countershot
  11. countershots

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