weft
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of weft
before 900; Middle English, Old English; akin to weave
Example Sentences
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Cody was weaned on weaving, tapping weft yarns for her nine-foot-tall textiles with the same wood comb she started out with at age 5.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024
The Greenlanders' cloth started out identical to the Icelanders' warp-dominant fabric but eventually shifted to contain more threads in its weft than its warp.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022
They were dappled, like the hues in nature, thanks to the unique weave of the textured and irregular fabric weft.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022
The samurai weaved kudzu in the weft of their elegant garments.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021
Everything happened too fast—a bobbin of weft thread lasted hardly five minutes before it had to be replaced—and it was painfully deafening.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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