countershed

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UK/ˈkaʊntəˌʃɛd/US/ˈkaʊntɚˌʃɛd/

noun

A shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nouncountershed (plural countersheds)

plural countersheds · alternative counter-shed

  1. businessA shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.First known use 19th c.

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

    2013 November 11, Claus-Dieter Brauns, “Food and Clothing”, in Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh, Basel: Birkhäuser, page 131
    2 more examples

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

    1842, Andreas Valentin Demme, “53. Verbeſſerte Webemaſchinen”, in Der praktische Maschinenbauer […] , Quedlinburg: Gottfried Baſſe, page 328

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

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

Origin

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

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countershed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countershed

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