weft
pronunciation
How to pronounce weft in British English:
UK [weft]
How to pronounce weft in American English:
US [wɛft]
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- Noun:
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Word Origin
- weft
- weft: see weave
- weft (n.)
- "threads which run across the web from side to side," Old English weft, wefta "weft," related to wefan "to weave," from Proto-Germanic *weftaz (see weave (v.)).
Example
- 1. To interweave a wool warp with a silk weft .
- 2. You love me as a weft thread like deep shallow .
- 3. The term weft is taken from weaving terminology .
- 4. Considerable weft knitting is done on circular machines .
- 5. Madness and sanity are not two different garments ; they are the warp and weft of the same fabric .