Weft
[weft] or [wɛft]
Definition
(-) imp. & p. p. of Wave.
(n.) A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.
(n.) The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
(n.) A web; a thing woven.
Edited by Barrett
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Woof.
Edited by Ben
Definition
n. (Spens.) a waif a castaway.
n. the threads woven into and crossing the warp—also Woof.—n. Weft′age texture.
Typist: Phil
Examples
- This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The warp was made by the cloth and linen manufacturers, and the weft yarns furnished by the woman spinsters throughout the country. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For the making of ribbons and other kind of narrow ware, the needle power loom has been invented, in which the fine weft thread is carried through the web by a needle instead of a shuttle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus finally were means provided to supply the demand for the weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This loom, as usual, employs a single shuttle, but as the weft becomes exhausted another bobbin is automatically supplied to the shuttle without stopping the operation of the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In England the warp was linen and the weft was cotton. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the cloth of the ancient East the warp and weft were both of cotton. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Pearl