ˈyarn-beam Weaving.
[Cf. G. garnbaum.]
The roller on which the yarn is wound.
| 1598 Florio, Subbio,..the roule whereon the weauer rouleth vp his web or worke, called a yarne-beame. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 835/2 The cane-roll or yarn-beam, on which the warp is rolled when put into the loom. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. i. 40 The yarn-beam is capable of revolving on its axis. |
Hence yarn-beaming a.
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Yarn-beaming Machine, a machine for winding the warp-yarn on to the beam. |