weaver

/ˈwivər/

/ˈwivə/

Other forms: weavers

A person who makes fabric by weaving fiber together is a weaver. Most weavers use a loom, a device that holds the threads tightly as they're being woven.

A craft weaver works by hand, weaving without a loom, but most weavers use either a hand loom or a power loom. This more mechanized type of loom was invented in the 1780s, and it made the work less physically taxing for weavers. The Proto-Indo-European root of weaver is also the source of the Sanskrit word ubhnati, "he laces together" and the Greek word hyphe, or "web."

Definitions of weaver

1. noun

   an artisan who weaves cloth
   type of:

   artificer, artisan, craftsman, journeyman

   a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
2. noun

   finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
   synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird

   types:

   Ploceus philippinus, baya

   common Indian weaverbird

   whidah, whydah, widow bird

   mostly black African weaverbird

   Java finch, Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora, ricebird

   small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

   amadavat, avadavat

   red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

   grass finch, grassfinch

   usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

   Poephila castanotis, zebra finch

   small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's

   type of:

   oscine, oscine bird

   passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus