The invention relates to a terry weaving method and a terry loom for carrying out the method. Subject matter of the terry weaving method is that a slay travel shortening does not result during the carrying out of partial beat-ups for the formation of a weft thread group, and thus the original weft thread insertion window remains maintained. The terry loom has a servo drive (7) that displaces the reed support shaft (4) in the direction of the shed forming means by at least the pre-beat-up distance (VD) while maintaining the basic stroke H of the reed (11) before the forming of the weft thread group, and that reverses or undoes the displacement by at least the pre-beat-up distance (VD) after the forming of the weft thread group.