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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old Norse ''veptr'' weft, Old English ''wefan'' to [[weave]] | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old Norse ''veptr'' weft, Old English ''wefan'' to [[weave]] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : a filling thread or yarn in [[weaving]] | | *1a : a filling thread or yarn in [[weaving]] |
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| The weft is a thread or yarn made of spun fibre. The original fibres used were wool, flax or cotton. Today, man-made fibres are often used in [[weaving]]. Because the weft does not have to be stretched on a loom in the way that the warp is, it can generally be less [[strong]]. | | The weft is a thread or yarn made of spun fibre. The original fibres used were wool, flax or cotton. Today, man-made fibres are often used in [[weaving]]. Because the weft does not have to be stretched on a loom in the way that the warp is, it can generally be less [[strong]]. |
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− | The weft is threaded through the warp using a "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_(weaving) shuttle]", air jets or "rapier grippers." Hand looms were the original weaver's [[tool]], with the shuttle being threaded through alternately raised warps by hand. [[Inventions]] during the 18th century spurred the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Industrial Revolution], with the "picking stick" and the "flying shuttle" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(flying_shuttle) John Kay], 1733) speeding up production of cloth. The power loom patented by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Cartwright Edmund Cartwright] in 1785 allowed sixty picks per minute. | + | The weft is threaded through the warp using a "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_(weaving) shuttle]", air jets or "rapier grippers." Hand looms were the original weaver's [[tool]], with the shuttle being threaded through alternately raised warps by hand. [[Inventions]] during the 18th century spurred the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Industrial Revolution], with the "picking stick" and the "flying shuttle" ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(flying_shuttle) John Kay], 1733) speeding up production of cloth. The power loom patented by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Cartwright Edmund Cartwright] in 1785 allowed sixty picks per minute. |
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| The [[expression]] "woof and warp" (also "warp and woof", "warp and weft") is sometimes used [[metaphorically]] as one might similarly use "fabric"; e.g., "the warp and woof of a [[student]]'s life" means "the fabric of a student's life." The expression is used as a metaphor for the underlying [[structure]] on which something is built. | | The [[expression]] "woof and warp" (also "warp and woof", "warp and weft") is sometimes used [[metaphorically]] as one might similarly use "fabric"; e.g., "the warp and woof of a [[student]]'s life" means "the fabric of a student's life." The expression is used as a metaphor for the underlying [[structure]] on which something is built. |