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webbing

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webbing \Web"bing\, n.
   A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed
   bottoms, etc.

Web \Web\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Webbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Webbing}.]
   To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to
   envelop; to entangle.

Source : WordNet®

webbing
     See {web}

webbing
     n 1: a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat
          belts
     2: a strong fabric woven in strips

web
     n 1: an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by
          weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web
          of shadows over the lawn"
     2: an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
        [syn: {entanglement}]
     3: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a
        series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: {vane}]
     4: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a
        network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a
        whole network of people who had been part of my life";
        "tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: {network}]
     5: computer network consisting of a collection of internet
        sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation
        resources through the hypertext transfer protocol [syn: {World
        Wide Web}, {WWW}]
     6: a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
     7: membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and
        mammals
     [also: {webbing}, {webbed}]

web
     v : construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: {net}]
     [also: {webbing}, {webbed}]
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