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noun wɛftwɛft (in weaving) the crosswise threads on a loom that are passed over and under the warp threads to make cloth. Example sentencesExamples - A tapestry is, by definition, a flat-woven cloth that uses discontinuous weft threads to create images.
- Aubusson tapestries are flat woven, the patterns carried by the weft rather than the pile.
- The children's tiny fingers are perfect for manipulating the weft items through the warp strings.
- Warp threads are those which run up and down the length of a piece of textile, weft threads are those that run across the weave at right angles to the warp.
- Other threads gradually interwove into the weft of her designs.
- The pile is formed by knots, which are tied round the warp threads, and held in place by the weft, which is passed back and forth and beaten down securely.
- You also want to look at the weft to make sure it's stitched properly.
- Chinese hand-loom weavers often used strong machine-made yarn for the warp and home-spun for the weft, a practice typical of the early stages of industrialization.
- By varying the colours of the weft the weaver creates a pattern or figurative image, generally copied from a full-scale design known as the cartoon.
- Linen was used for the warp and cotton for the weft.
Origin Old English weft(a), of Germanic origin; related to weave1. Rhymes bereft, cleft, deft, eft, heft, klepht, left, reft, theft nounwɛftwɛft variant spelling of waft (sense 2 of the noun)
nounweftwɛft (in weaving) the crosswise threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the warp) are passed to make cloth. Example sentencesExamples - Linen was used for the warp and cotton for the weft.
- Aubusson tapestries are flat woven, the patterns carried by the weft rather than the pile.
- Chinese hand-loom weavers often used strong machine-made yarn for the warp and home-spun for the weft, a practice typical of the early stages of industrialization.
- By varying the colours of the weft the weaver creates a pattern or figurative image, generally copied from a full-scale design known as the cartoon.
- The pile is formed by knots, which are tied round the warp threads, and held in place by the weft, which is passed back and forth and beaten down securely.
- You also want to look at the weft to make sure it's stitched properly.
- Other threads gradually interwove into the weft of her designs.
- A tapestry is, by definition, a flat-woven cloth that uses discontinuous weft threads to create images.
- The children's tiny fingers are perfect for manipulating the weft items through the warp strings.
- Warp threads are those which run up and down the length of a piece of textile, weft threads are those that run across the weave at right angles to the warp.
Origin Old English weft(a), of Germanic origin; related to weave. nounweftwɛft variant spelling of waft (sense 2 of the noun)
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