英和和英

語源

From counter- +‎ shed (“gap between threads”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntəˌʃɛd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntɚˌʃɛd/

名詞

countershed (複数形 countersheds)

1. (weaving) A shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one. [from 19th c.]
   • 1842, Andreas Valentin Demme, “53. Verbeſſerte Webemaſchinen”, in Der praktische Maschinenbauer […] ‎^[1], Quedlinburg: Gottfried Baſſe, page 328:

     ww ſind die beiden gekrümmten Urme oder Pedale, welche die Gegenöffnung (countershed tappets) bewirken […]

   • 1918, H. Roth Ling, “Studies in Primitive Looms”, in The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute […] ‎^[2], volume 48, number 2, Royal Anthropological Institute, page 151:

     The A-Fipa weaver makes countershed and shed and then two picks, then countershed and shed and two picks again […]

   • 2013 November 11, Claus-Dieter Brauns, “Food and Clothing”, in Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh‎^[3], Basel: Birkhäuser, page 131:

     By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.