A short dictionary entry describing the slat-weaving loom, a machine in which the weft material (palm-leaf, whalebone, straw, wood strips) is cut to the width of the goods and laid into the shed piece by piece. It describes Baldwin's loom for weaving palm-leaf, illustrated with front, sectional and top views, and mentions a patent (No. 135,427) for devices that support wood strips as they enter the shed.