Weaving. [ad. F. lame (lit. ‘blade’) in the same sense.] (See quot. 1883.)
1801. J. Butterworth, in A. Barlow, Weaving (1878), 317. The generality of weavers couple the first and third healds or shafts, and so are enabled to weave it with only two lams.
1883. Almondb. & Huddersf. Gloss., Lams, pieces of wood in a loom, connected with the treadles by strings, which are connected also with the jacks (above) in a similar way, and work the yelds.
