weft
Example Sentences
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In this work, however, the researchers demonstrated that weft knitting, the same industrial method commonly used to produce hats and gloves, can create complex curved structures using yarn alone.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
His prowess and his reputation were magnificent — a magnificent guy — just part of the warp and weft of all good music that came through there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
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
The samurai weaved kudzu in the weft of their elegant garments.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021
Was she careless when she replaced the shuttle in the right-hand box or had there been a knot in the weft thread?
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
