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The weaving, in which the weft, the horizontal structure, is inserted into the fabric’s vertical structure, the warp, is conducted in the world’s quietest weaving room.—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025 As Merritt worked away, sewing a blonde weft under the top layers of Pope’s hair, Pope asked Brown an innocuous question — to hand her something nearby.—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025 The recycled cotton can be used in both warp and weft for rigid fabrications.—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2024 Off-White showed jeans with a shredded jeans with a green weft.—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for weft
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse veptr weft, Old English wefan to weave — more at weave
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of weft was
before the 12th century
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