Withe Definition

wĭth, wĭth, wīth

withed, withing

noun

A tough, flexible twig of willow, osier, etc., used for binding things; withy.

Webster's New World

(nautical) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.

Wiktionary

(architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

withed, withing

To bind with withes.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Withe

Singular:

withe

Plural:

From Middle English withe, withthe, from Old English wiþe, wiþþe (“cord, band, thong, fetter"), from Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjÇ (“cord, rope"), from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (“that which winds or bends, branch, switch"), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend"). Cognate with Danish vidje (“wicker"), Swedish vidja (“withe, wicker, osier"), Icelandic við, viðja (“a withe"), Latin vÄ«tis (“vine").

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English withthe wei- in Indo-European roots

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