A type of fabric with a woven pattern created using a special loom attachment, often featuring small geometric designs.
From Jacquard loom terminology; 'doby' derives from 'dobby,' which comes from a mechanism in weaving looms named after Robert Falcon Bett or similar figure. The term evolved to describe the characteristic fabric produced by this specialized weaving method.
Doby cloth represents one of the earliest forms of mechanical pattern-making in textiles—long before computer-designed fabrics! The dobby loom was such an innovation that it helped spark the industrial revolution's textile boom.
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