ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Withe

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /wɪθ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Withe is a noun meaning A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

Meaning

A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

A band of twisted twigs.
An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
(nautical) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.
(masonry) Alternative spelling of wythe (“single section of bricks one unit thick”).
(architecture) Alternative spelling of wythe (“partition between flues in a chimney”).
(transitive) To bind with withes.
(transitive) To beat with withes.

[…] single withe of fired brick or stone masonry, referred to in Turkish as[…]

[…] single withe of brick laid flat in common bond reinforced vertically by 8" piers

[…] single-withe construction using concrete masonry units with the voids on the ends[…]

It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours, by a withe twisted in the handle of the door, and stakes set against the window-shutters;[…]

Depending on context, synonyms include winding, withy.

Related dictionary entries include withy, winding, withywind, widdy, wisp, twist.

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