Weft

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

Weft, imp. & p. p. 

 imp. & p. p. of Wave.  [1913 Webster]

Weft, n. [Cf. Waif.].

 A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

Weft, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See Weave.].

•  The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving.  [1913 Webster]
•  A web; a thing woven.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Weft, n.
1 a the threads woven across a warp to make fabric. b yarn for these. c a thing woven.
2 filling-strips in basket-weaving.

Weft, var. of WAFT n. 3.

THESAURUS

Weft

arabesque, basketry, basketwork, cancellation, cloth, cross-hatching, crossing-out, drapery, etoffe, fabric, felt, filigree, filling, fret, fretwork, goods, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, material, mesh, meshes, meshwork, napery, net, netting, network, pick, plexure, plexus, raddle, rag, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, shoot, sieve, silk, stuff, textile, textile fabric, texture, tissu, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, warp, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, wicker, wickerwork, woof, wool