weft
Example Sentences
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The Greenlanders' cloth started out identical to the Icelanders' warp-dominant fabric but eventually shifted to contain more threads in its weft than its warp.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022
They were dappled, like the hues in nature, thanks to the unique weave of the textured and irregular fabric weft.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022
The samurai weaved kudzu in the weft of their elegant garments.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021
Revealed in this warp and weft is the overlap in the behavioral patterns of humans and wolves, as well as the limits of language.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2021
There is Brahman, the world soul, the sustaining frame upon which is woven, warp and weft, the cloth of being, with all its decorative elements of space and time.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
