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

Hemp and flax, its chief vegetable competitors, are both long fibered.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York

Around her limbs a veil of woven mist Wavers, and turns from fibered amethyst To textured crystal; through which symboled bars Of silver burn, and cabalistic stars Of nebulous gold.

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

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