A tire chord weaving apparatus (1) includes a warp tension adjusting device (3) and a loom (4). The warp tension adjusting device (3) includes a dancer roller (10a, 10b) for equalizing tensions of warp yarns drawn from the creel device (2) and a dropper device (8) disposed upstream of the dancer roller (10a, 10b). The loom (4) weaves a tire chord fabric from the warp yarns supplied via the warp tension adjusting device (3). In the tire chord weaving apparatus (1), by using an urging roller (10a) that moves up and down and that is disposed above the warp yarns so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the warp yarns are fed and an urging device (11) including a fluid-pressure cylinder (15) for applying an urging force (F) to the urging roller (10a) in such a direction that the urging roller (10a) is lowered, the urging force (F) is applied to the urging roller (10a) over a period from a first time after a time at which the loom (4) is stopped to a time at which the loom (4) is restarted.