Woof

Quick meaning: Woof is a noun meaning The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.

Meaning

The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.

More Meanings

1. A woven fabric; also, the texture of a fabric.
2. The thread or yarn used to form the weft of woven fabric; the fill, the weft.
3. Synonym of weaving (“the process of making woven material on a loom”).
4. Something which is interwoven with another thing.
5. An underlying foundation or structure of something; a fabric.
6. (weaving) To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom.
7. (figurative) To interweave (something) with another thing; to weave (several things) together.

Example Sentences

To ſpread the pall beneath the regal chair / Of ſofteſt vvoof, is bright Alcippe’s care.

The purple ſtain on fleecy vvoofs he ſpread, / VVhich lur'd the eye, adorning many a nymph, / And drevv the pomp of trade to riſing Tyre.

[…] Ulyſſes then in haſte / Put on his veſt and mantle, and, the nymph / Her ſnovvy veſture of tranſparent vvoof, / Graceful, redundant; […]

When the plage of leproſye is in a cloth: […] that cloth ſhalbe burnt, ether warpe or wolfe, whether it be wollen or lynen or any thynge that is made of ſkynne where the plage is, […]

Word Forms

• woofs
• woofing
• woofed

Synonyms for woof

Depending on context, synonyms include weaving, pick, weft, filling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weft, pick, filling, whoosh, phwoar, whoa.

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