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webbing
[ web-ing ]
noun
- a strong, woven material of hemp, cotton, or jute, in bands of various widths, used for belts, carrying straps, harness, etc.
- such woven bands nailed on furniture under springs or upholstery, for support.
- something resembling this, as the leather thongs or piece connecting the sections for the thumb and forefinger in a baseball glove or mitt.
- any material or part formed from interlaced threads, thongs, branches, etc., or having a latticelike appearance, as the face of a tennis racket.
- webbings, Chiefly Eastern New England Older Use. the reins or lines for controlling a horse or team of horses.
webbing
/ ˈwɛbɪŋ /
noun
- a strong fabric of hemp, cotton, jute, etc, woven in strips and used under springs in upholstery or for straps, etc
- the skin that unites the digits of a webbed foot
- anything that forms a web
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Strips of calico and webbing were sewn over the insides of the light tents to strengthen them for sledging in the summer.
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But ripples had begun to appear over the water, spreading, crossing, webbing the whole surface with a net of tiny waves.
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Cut goods are made of round webbing knitted on what is called a circular knitting machine.
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The flexible tube terminates at the knee in a third pulley (g), attached to the leg by a garter of webbing.
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A double-folding, draught-proof hinge is then made as follows: Procure good fine webbing, about 11⁄4 in.
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