Abstract: A thread tensioning and drawing-back device for pile warp threads of a weaving machine, which device comprises provisions (2) for braking, by spring elements, pile warp threads (4) taken up by a weaving machine, and provisions (5) for drawing back the pile warp threads (4) in case of variations of warp length resulting from changing the shed position of the weaving machine, in which the provisions (2) for braking the pile warp threads (4) consist of disk springs (2) placed next to each other in a row on a horizontal spindle (3), each provided for braking one pile warp thread (4). The device can furthermore comprise preferably detachable tension spindles (11), (12) at the entrance to the disk yarn brakes (2) and at the exit from the disk yarn brakes (2).