fibered

[ fahy-berd ]

adjective

1. (of plaster) having an admixture of hair or fiber.

Other Words From

• multi·fibered adjective
• un·fibered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fibered¹

First recorded in 1770–80; fiber + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Newt Spooner was tough-fibered, and his recovery, as any eye could see, would now be speedy and complete.

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They were honestly made of pure, fine-fibered Saxony wool, and sold as high as $6.50 per yard.

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The cheaper grades are manufactured from a fine-fibered wool and shoddy, with low grades of shoddy and mungo for back.

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Being of a very hard-fibered cane, akin to bamboo, they would take a kind of splintering-point of almost needle sharpness.

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Jinnie felt every muscle of his strongly fibered body grow tense at her touch.

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