Weaving. The threads that cross from side to side of a web, at right angles to the warp threads with which they are interlaced: = woof, n.1 1.

The threads that cross from side to side of a web, at right angles to the warp: = weft, n.1 1.

Originally: the woof or weft in a web. Later also: the warp in a web. Frequently attributive, as abb thread, abb wool, etc.

Weaving. One movement or throw of the shuttle between the threads of the warp; the length of thread thus placed; also, the weft.

The weft. (Cf. shoot, n.1 4.)

Similarly in various technical uses (see quots.); spec. in cigar-making and mining.