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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://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]
==Definitions==
*1a : a filling thread or yarn in [[weaving]]
:b : yarn used for the ''weft''
*2: web, [[fabric]]; also : an article of woven fabric
==Description==
In [[weaving]] the [[weft]] (sometimes ''woof'') is the term for the thread or yarn which is drawn through the ''warp'' yarns to create cloth. Warp is the lengthwise or longitudinal thread in a roll, while weft is the transverse thread. A single thread of the weft, crossing the warp, is called a ''pick''. Terms do vary (for instance, in North America, the weft is sometimes referred to as the fill or the filling yarn).
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 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 [[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.
[[Category: The Arts]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://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]
==Definitions==
*1a : a filling thread or yarn in [[weaving]]
:b : yarn used for the ''weft''
*2: web, [[fabric]]; also : an article of woven fabric
==Description==
In [[weaving]] the [[weft]] (sometimes ''woof'') is the term for the thread or yarn which is drawn through the ''warp'' yarns to create cloth. Warp is the lengthwise or longitudinal thread in a roll, while weft is the transverse thread. A single thread of the weft, crossing the warp, is called a ''pick''. Terms do vary (for instance, in North America, the weft is sometimes referred to as the fill or the filling yarn).
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 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 [[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.
[[Category: The Arts]]
