draw-boy

Updated: June 5, 2025

We hear nothing further of Jacquard for some years, but in the interval he seems to have prosecuted his improvement in the drawloom for the better manufacture of figured fabrics; for, in 1790, he brought out his contrivance for selecting the warp threads, which, when added to the loom, superseded the services of a draw-boy.

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance