Weft Definition

wĕft
wefts
noun
wefts
The yarns carried by the shuttle back and forth across the warp; woof; filling.
Webster's New World
Yarn used for the weft.
American Heritage
Woven fabric.
American Heritage
(hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person"²s natural hair.
Wiktionary

(obsolete) Something cast away; a waif.

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Other Word Forms of Weft

Noun

Singular:
weft
Plural:
wefts

Origin of Weft

  • Middle English from Old English wefta webh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English wefan (“to weave").

    From Wiktionary

  • Compare waif.

    From Wiktionary

Weft Sentence Examples

  • The weft surface is the face or wearing surface of the cloth.

  • Raising-cloths are of various kinds and may be merely mediums with a heavy weft, or "condensor" weft made from waste yarns.

  • The thread spun by the jenny could not, however, be used except as weft, being destitute of the firmness or hardness required in the longitudinal threads or warp. Arkwright supplied this deficiency by the invention of the spinning-frame, which spins a vast number of threads of any degree of fineness and hardness.

  • Fustian was a cloth with a warp of wool or linen and a cotton weft.

  • The bottom of the cell is formed by those threads and picks which weave "plain," while the ascending sides of the figure are formed by the gradually increasing length of float of the warp and weft yarns.

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Words Starting With

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