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plural countersheds
(weaving) A shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one. quotations examples
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
By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.
2013 November 11, Claus-Dieter Brauns, “Food and Clothing”, in Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh, Basel: Birkhäuser, page 131