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weftage

weftage noun: texture (of fabric).

Noun

weftage (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) texture (of fabric)
    • And one Example we have (it may be more than one) wherein Nature shews, though not a greater, yet a different Art; and that is the Palm-Net. For whereas in other Plants, the Webb is made betwixt the Lignous-Strings and the Fibers of the Parenchyma, only visible through a Microscope: here the said...1682, Nehemiah Grew, The Anatomy of Plants (book IV, page 156, section 21)

Origin of weftage

From weft + -age.

Words formed from weftage

  • interweftage

Questions about weftage

What does weftage mean?
Weftage means texture (of fabric).
What part of speech is weftage?
Weftage is a noun.

Words near weftage in the dictionary

  1. Weezers
  2. WEF
  3. wefie
  4. wefies
  5. weft
  6. weftage
  7. weftless
  8. wefts
  9. weftwise
  10. WEG
  11. Wega

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