What does "weft" mean?
Weft: The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Additional senses
- 2.A web; a thing woven.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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