drawboy

drawboy [draw-boi] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. an apparatus for controlling and manipulating the harness cords on a power loom.
2. a boy who operates and controls the harness cords of a draw-loom.

Origin of drawboy First recorded in 1725–35; draw + boy Examples from the Web for drawboy Historical Examples of drawboy

Thus the drawboy and the reader of designs were both at once superseded.

Self-Help

Samuel Smiles

That ended and the weaving begun, she took to questioning Cimarron the drawboy.

In the Days of the Guild

Louise Lamprey