The Potsdam Conference is perhaps best known for President Trumanâs July 24, 1945 conversation with Stalin, during which time the President informed the Soviet leader that the United States had successfully detonated the first atomic bomb on July 16, 1945.
loom1. 1  a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc. 2  the art or the process of weaving. 3  the part of an oar between the blade and the handle. 4  to weave (something) on a loom.
The machine for weaving cloth is called a loom. One definition, which is quite to the point: A loom is the framework across which threads are stretched for the weaving of cloth..