weft

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noun
  1. Textiles. filling (def. 5).

  2. a woven fabric or garment.

Origin of weft

1
before 900; Middle English, Old English; akin to weave

Other words from weft

  • un·der·weft, noun

Words Nearby weft

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How to use weft in a sentence

  • They are also used in combination with shoddy and cotton to produce weft or filling yarns for a lower quality of goods.

    Textiles | William H. Dooley
  • Mungoes of the best quality are used in the low fancy tweed trade, in both warp and weft, but chiefly in union and backed fabrics.

    Textiles | William H. Dooley

British Dictionary definitions for weft

weft

/ (wɛft) /


noun
  1. the yarn woven across the width of the fabric through the lengthwise warp yarn: Also called: filling, woof

Origin of weft

1
Old English, related to Old Norse veptr; see weave

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