girth-webn.

Etymology: < girth n. + web n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgirth-ˌweb.

Woven material of which girths are made; a strong broad tape used by upholsterers and others; a band made of this material.

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girth-web1381

garth-web?1523

skein1566

girt-web1655

girse-web1697

girth-webbing1794

1381–2 Durham MS. Hostill. Roll In Girth Webbys Capistris flokkys [etc.].

1410 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 84 j. gerthweb, jd.

1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 361 In Ye Great Shoppe ij groce of gyrthwebe and xv peces at vij^s. ij^d. ye groce.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 149 The better sort sleepe vpon Cots, or Beds two foot high, matted or done with girth-web.

1763 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) III. 149 He sent for some girth-web, with which he fastened her arms to her sides.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xvii. 481 A piece of girth-web, which is used instead of a cord, because a cord would be unsteady.

Compounds

girthweb-belt n.

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1762 Gentleman's Mag. (1806) May 204/1 The Use of what the country people call a Girth-web-belt..would prevent it.

girthweb-weaver n.

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?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 73 Girth Web Weaver.

Derivatives

ˈgirth-ˌwebbing n.

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