Weft

Definition

weft /weft/ n the weft [sing] ေဖာက္ခ်ည္။ အေဖာက္။ ❍ weave See also warp

Examples

1. ‘Linen was used for the warp and cotton for the weft.’
2. ‘You also want to look at the weft to make sure it's stitched properly.’
3. ‘The children's tiny fingers are perfect for manipulating the weft items through the warp strings.’
4. ‘The pile is formed by knots
5. which are tied round the warp threads
6. and held in place by the weft
7. which is passed back and forth and beaten down securely.’
8. ‘Aubusson tapestries are flat woven
9. the patterns carried by the weft rather than the pile.’
10. ‘Other threads gradually interwove into the weft of her designs.’
11. ‘Warp threads are those which run up and down the length of a piece of textile
12. weft threads are those that run across the weave at right angles to the warp.’
13. ‘A tapestry is
14. by definition
15. a flat-woven cloth that uses discontinuous weft threads to create images.’
16. ‘Chinese hand-loom weavers often used strong machine-made yarn for the warp and home-spun for the weft
17. a practice typical of the early stages of industrialization.’
18. ‘By varying the colours of the weft the weaver creates a pattern or figurative image
19. generally copied from a full-scale design known as the cartoon.’