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🧶 A handmade cloth 🧶 Making fabric by hand
handweaving

handweaving

4.7
Cloth made by hand by crossing threads, not by machine
  • noun
  • /ˈhændˌwiːvɪŋ/
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  • The artisan spent weeks creating a colorful handweaving for the exhibition.

Examples

  • The artisan spent weeks creating a colorful handweaving for the exhibition.

  • Many traditional cultures have unique styles of handweaving passed down through generations.

  • She learned handweaving as a hobby and now sells her textiles at local markets.

  • The handweaving process takes time and skill.

  • She loves handweaving beautiful tapestries.

  • Many traditional cultures have unique styles of handweaving passed down through generations.

  • She learned handweaving as a hobby and now sells her textiles at local markets.

Antonyms

machine-made
1 3.1

Made by a machine rather than by hand

How Handmade

handweaving
4.7
power loom
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Surface Forms

handweaving singular
handweavings plural

Morphology

handweaving = hand + weaving (transparent) = hand + weave + ing

Literal compound of 'hand' + 'weaving' meaning weaving done by hand; the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

Handweaving is made from hand ('hand') and weave ('to make fabric by crossing threads'). So it literally means cloth made 'by hand', which is why the word refers to fabric made without machines.