weft Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
    woof; filling; pick.

WordNet

Weft
Definitions
obs.
  1. imp. & p. p. of Wave.
Weft noun
Etymology
Cf. Waif.
Definitions
  1. A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. Obs. "A forlorn weft." Spenser.
Weft noun
Etymology
AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.
Definitions
  1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.
  2. A web; a thing woven.

Webster 1913