Associations to the word «Broadloom»

Wiktionary

BROADLOOM, noun. A wide loom
BROADLOOM, noun. A carpet woven on a wide loom
BROADLOOM, adjective. Woven on a wide loom, and so needing fewer seams

Dictionary definition

BROADLOOM, noun. A carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams.
BROADLOOM, adjective. (of rugs or carpets) woven full width; "a broadloom rug".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats