高たか機ばた

noun

traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

A tall loom operated with a treadle, used historically for weaving textiles. The term is specific to traditional Japanese weaving culture.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで高たか機ばたの実じつ演えんを見けん学がくした。

  I observed a demonstration of a traditional tall loom at the museum.

• 高たか機ばたは、足あしで踏ふみ板いたを操そう作さして経糸たていとを上じょう下げさせる仕し組くみです。

  The tall loom is a mechanism that raises and lowers the warp threads by operating a treadle with the foot.