What is the woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving called?
weft — The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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