fibered

American  

[fahy-berd] / ˈfaɪ bərd /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• multifibered adjective
• unfibered adjective

Etymology

Origin of fibered

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

Example Sentences

On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

There are many large goats, many heavy shearing goats, but there are very few fine fibered comparatively free from kemp goats.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by

The diaphragm is cut out of finely fibered firwood and is well lacquered to preserve it against dampness.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various

This picture was taken on the range and one can see the fine fibered sage brush on which the goats feed.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by

There are various kinds of hammocks in the market, from the light fibered silk, weighing only a few ounces, to the large corded variety of several pounds weight and capable of holding many persons.

From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton