地じ機ばた

noun

ground loom; floor loom; backstrap loom

A traditional Japanese loom where the weaver sits on the floor and uses a backstrap to tension the warp. Primarily a historical and craft term.

• 地じ機ばたは、腰こしに巻まいた帯おびで経糸たていとの張はりを調ちょう節せつする織しょっ機きです。

  The jibata is a loom that adjusts warp tension with a backstrap wrapped around the waist.

• この地ち域いきでは、今いまでも地じ機ばたを使つかって伝でん統とう的てきな織おり物ものを作つくっています。

  In this region, they still use ground looms to make traditional textiles.