weft

Word family

the weft technicalTIC the threads in a piece of cloth that are woven across the threads that go from top to bottom 纬，纬纱 SYN woof, → warp

Examples from the Corpus

weft• His skin in this brutal morning light is textured and darkened by a weft of tiny arterial threads, some almost blue.• She only knew one of these girls, who operated a weft loom she serviced.• On some fabrics it may be possible to pull a weft thread from the fabric leaving a guideline along which to cut.• The warp thread is wound round the pegs and two large and two small shuttles used for weaving the weft.• A simple weaving shed or thread separator is used to raise and lower the warp threads through which the weft is woven.• As they use much thinner weft than warp strands, more knots are tied on the vertical than the horizontal axis.• D'ye see, little hands have to struggle to free the trapped weft before the frame drops?

Origin weft

Old English

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 29685 COCA: 27753

weft

Spinning, weaving and basketry: basketry, basketwork, cane...