?1843 E. Bottomley & M. Bottomley Let. in (1918) 58 I should like you to send me a quantity of Reed Dents such as are used for about a 10 Bear reed as I intend trying to make some coarse flanel.
1898 E. A. Posselt 119/2 Fig. 3, in side elevation shows one of the reed-dents detached.
1999 (Nexis) May 47 Piletronic PTX 8400 jacquard machine adapted to weave colorful carpets in up to 12 color frames per reed dent.