Definition of "hand-loom" [hand-loom]

• A weavers' loom worked by hand, as distinguished from a power-loom. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""Is it not then highly irrational to break the machine-loom and go back to the clumsy and more costly hand-loom method of weaving?""
• "Is it not true that a machine-loom will weave more cloth and weave more cheaply than a hand-loom?"
• "The hand-loom weaver turned whistleblower had been fighting corruption in the local weavers 'cooperative for the past three years."