Webbing


noun
1.
a strong, woven material of hemp, cotton, or jute, in bands of various widths, used for belts, carrying straps, harness, etc.
2.
such woven bands nailed on furniture under springs or upholstery, for support.
3.
Zoology. the membrane forming a web or webs.
4.
something resembling this, as the leather thongs or piece connecting the sections for the thumb and forefinger in a baseball glove or mitt.
5.
any material or part formed from interlaced threads, thongs, branches, etc., or having a latticelike appearance, as the face of a tennis racket.
6.
webbings, Chiefly Eastern New England Older Use. the reins or lines for controlling a horse or team of horses.
noun
1.
something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
2.
a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb.
3.
Textiles.

a woven fabric, especially a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom.
the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug.

4.
something resembling woven material, especially something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance:
He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree.
5.
an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.:
The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life?
6.
something that snares or entangles; a trap:
innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism.
7.
webbing.
8.
Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.
9.
Ornithology.

the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather.
the series on both sides, collectively.

10.
an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss.
11.
Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end.
12.
Architecture. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing.
13.
a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.
14.
a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country.
15.
Informal. a network of radio or television broadcasting stations.
16.
(usually initial capital letter) Computers. World Wide Web. (usually preceded by the).
verb (used with object), webbed, webbing.
17.
to cover with or as if with a web; envelop.
18.
to ensnare or entrap.
verb (used without object), webbed, webbing.
19.
to make or form a web.
noun
1.
a strong fabric of hemp, cotton, jute, etc, woven in strips and used under springs in upholstery or for straps, etc
2.
the skin that unites the digits of a webbed foot
3.
anything that forms a web
noun
1.
any structure, construction, fabric, etc, formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving related adjective retiary
2.
a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects See also cobweb (sense 1)
3.
a similar network of threads spun by certain insect larvae, such as the silkworm
4.
a fabric, esp one in the process of being woven
5.
a membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds or the digits of such aquatic mammals as the otter
6.
the vane of a bird’s feather
7.
(architect) the surface of a ribbed vault that lies between the ribs
8.
the central section of an I-beam or H-beam that joins the two flanges of the beam
9.
any web-shaped part of a casting used for reinforcement
10.
the radial portion of a crank that connects the crankpin to the crankshaft
11.
a thin piece of superfluous material left attached to a forging; fin
12.

a continuous strip of paper as formed on a paper machine or fed from a reel into some printing presses
(as modifier): web offset, a web press

13.
the woven edge, without pile, of some carpets
14.

(often capital) the web, short for World Wide Web
(as modifier): a web site, web pages

15.
any structure, construction, etc, that is intricately formed or complex: a web of intrigue
verb webs, webbing, webbed
16.
(transitive) to cover with or as if with a web
17.
(transitive) to entangle or ensnare
18.
(intransitive) to construct a web

webbing web·bing (wěb’ĭng)
n.
A congenital condition in which adjacent structures or parts are joined by a broad band of tissue that is not normally present to such a degree.

web (wěb)
n.

A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes, as of certain mammals.

A structure of delicate, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders.

web
(wěb)

A structure of fine, elastic, threadlike filaments characteristically spun by spiders to catch insect prey. The larvae of certain insects also weave webs that serve as protective shelters for feeding and may include leaves or other plant parts.

A membrane or fold of skin connecting the toes in certain animals, especially ones that swim, such as water birds and otters. The web improves the ability of the foot to push against water.

also Web The World Wide Web.

Web definition

See Internet.

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