Drawboy

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001846",
  "term": "Drawboy",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The person, historically a child, who assisted a weaver by manually lifting and lowering specific sets of warp threads on a drawloom to create complex figured patterns. This laborious process required the drawboy to follow a sequence of commands or a chart to produce brocades, damasks, and other intricate textiles. The invention of the Jacquard mechanism in 1804 automated this function, making the role of the drawboy obsolete.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Drawboy",
    "es": "tirador",
    "fr": "tireur de lacs"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/drawboy/"
}