weft (redirected from Woof and warp)

weft  (wft)

n.

1.

a. The horizontal threads interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric; woof.

b. Yarn used for the weft.

2. Woven fabric.

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[Middle English, from Old English wefta; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

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weft [wɛft]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the yarn woven across the width of the fabric through the lengthwise warp yarn Also called filling woof

[Old English, related to Old Norse veptr; see weave]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

weft - the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving woof, filling, pick cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving weave - pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

Translations

weft [weft] N

1. (lit) → trama f

2. (fig) → red f

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weft [ˈwɛft] n → trame f

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weft

n → Einschlagfaden m, → Schussfaden m

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weft [wɛft] n (Textiles) → trama

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weft warp