Crossword clues for webbing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Web \Web\ (w[e^]b), 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.
Webbing \Web"bing\, n. A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A sturdy woven fabric 2 (context military English) A belt and shoulder harness with attached pouches used to carry a soldier's equipment, water, ammunition, etc. 3 (context baseball English) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the web
WordNet
See web
n. a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts
a strong fabric woven in strips
n. an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim [syn: entanglement]
the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: vane]
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]
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]
a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven)
membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals
Wikipedia
thumb|2 inch (50 mm) Nylon webbing as used in auto racing harnesses
Webbing is a strong fabric woven as a flat strip or tube of varying width and fibres often used in place of rope. It is a versatile component used in climbing, slacklining, furniture manufacturing, automobile safety, auto racing, towing, parachuting, military apparel, load securing, and many other fields.
Originally made of cotton or flax, most modern webbing is made of synthetic fibers such as nylon, polypropylene or polyester. Webbing is also made from exceptionally high-strength material, such as Dyneema, and Kevlar. Webbing is both light and strong, with breaking strengths readily available in excess of 10,000 lb (44.4 k N)
There are two basic constructions of webbing. Flat webbing is a solid weave, with seatbelts and most backpack straps being common examples. Tubular webbing consists of a flattened tube, and is commonly used in climbing and industrial applications.
Usage examples of "webbing".
These borers often attack at a fork and their tunnel entrances are covered with a coating of droppings held together with silk webbing.
Gravity forces pressed them hard against the webbing of their cots, as the lifeship was hurled away from its mother ship, into space.
Nestled in a nutlike shell no larger than a human fist, the organ was a tangle of axons and dendrons webbing together a gelatinous muddle of neuron clusters.
Micki held her fast, gripping her arms as another came and levered up the basket, the basket where the Adam-thing waited, its face shrouded in webbing, eyes lizard-dull or bright as flaring stars as they passed between bars of shadow.
Matthew Maule picked up one of the lightweight poolside chairs, a folding construction of thin tubular metal and plastic webbing, and carried it back with him into the sheltered aisle behind the row of tall live plants.
Immediately the symbiont cycle extended tendrils and wrapped them around her feet and calves, webbing her to the bike.
With thin white fingers he dug a baseball from the webbing and began to thuck it into the glove.
He regarded the fragile overturned wrist and the starkly outlined webbing of blue veins.
It was as long as the black webbing of the pouch and three times as wide.
And the moaning sound that still filled the auditorium must be the moorage webbing, twisting beneath the temp.
The pistolet sailed down the corridor, where it slammed into a cluster of webbing.
One night Quath passed a gang of miners and prospectors as she returned alone to the communal webbing, down the inert gray arterial corridors.
Wrinkled paws ended in powerful clawed fingers that dug at the earth, and its stubby, quilled tail whipped back and forth in a frantic effort to snap the lines of webbing that had wrapped about it.
I thought my departure would go unnoticed but when I got my summons and prepared to leave I found, tucked in the webbing Of my pack, an envelope filled with the precious coupons with which we drew our ration of cigarettes in those days.
The silky webbing that held the spheres together also sealed the connection between sailboat and worldship, keeping the air inside.