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weft (wɛft) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| filling, Also called: woof the yarn woven across the width of the fabric through the lengthwise warp yarn | |
| [Old English, related to Old Norse veptr; see | |
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Weft
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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weft
in woven fabrics, the widthwise, or horizontal, yarns carried over and under the warp, or lengthwise, yarns and running from selvage to selvage. Filling yarns are generally made with less twist than are warp yarns because they are subjected to less strain in the weaving process and therefore require less strength
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Example sentences
The sleeve section was woven with a gauze technique that used additional weft threads to create a complex netlike structure.
Ikat is a type of weaving where the pattern emerges according to how the warp and weft threads are dyed.
Not a straight forward reversing of satin weave because the weft yarns are more numerous and more closely set than the warp yarns.
Denim is customarily woven with fine white warp threads and somewhat heavier blue weft threads.
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