sheds

Noun (1)

shed (plural sheds)

1. An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.
   • Open the shed. Working in the direction that the shuttle will travel, insert the pick-up stick under the first 8 warp ends (including both lifted and lowered ends) and under the last 9 ends, passing through the open shed in between.2026, Emily Barth, “Woolly Cocoon Bags”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, pages 36-37
2. (obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.
3. (obsolete) A parting in the hair.
4. (obsolete) The top of the head.
5. (obsolete outside of compounds) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

Noun (2)

shed (plural sheds)

1. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
   • wagon shed

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