withe
IPA: wˈɪθ
noun
- A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
- A band of twisted twigs.
- An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
- (nautical) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.
- (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.
verb
- To bind with withes.
- To beat with withes.
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