weft

weft

 (wĕft)

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

(Textiles) the yarn woven across the width of the fabric through the lengthwise warp yarn. Also called: filling or woof

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

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weft

(wɛft)

n.

1. filling (def. 4).

2. a woven fabric or garment.

[before 900; Middle English, Old English; akin to weave]

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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

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Translations

Einschlag

kudekudelanka

trame

trama

weft

[weft] N

1. (lit) → trama f

2. (fig) → red f

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weft

[ˈwɛft] n → trame f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

weft

n → Einschlagfaden m, → Schussfaden m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

weft

[wɛft] n (Textiles) → trama

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

warp²

(woːp) noun

(usually with the) the set of threads lying lengthwise in a loom during weaving (the other being the weft (weft) ). skering سَداة النَّسيج: خُويطُه الأساسيَّه الطولِيَّه утайка tramar / torcer / empenar osnova die Kettenfäden (pl.) trend στημόνι lõimelõngad تار loimilangat chaîneשתי ताना tkanje láncfonal (szemben a vetülékfonallal) lungsin langþræðir 縦糸 (날)실 apmatai meti (aušanā) lungsin scheringrenning osnowa urdidura ur­zeală основа osnova osnova pri tkanju osnova tkanja varp กลุ่มเส้นด้ายตามยาว çözgü, arış (織布的)經線(另一方向稱為緯線) основа (тканини) وہ دھاگے جو بناءی کے وقت لمباءی کے رخ ہوں sợi dọc trên khung cửi （织布中的）经线

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