webbing

1. 1
   noununcountable

   Strong woven strips of fabric used to make straps, belts, and supports.

   Like the flat, strong straps you see on a backpack or a seat belt.

   The lawn chair had strong webbing stretched across the seat.

   We replaced the worn webbing on the backpack straps.

   Similarstrapping, tape

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A set of belts and straps a soldier wears to carry gear, water, and ammunition.

   Like a wearable set of pouches and belts that holds everything a soldier needs.

   The soldier checked his webbing before the long march.

   She clipped a water bottle onto her webbing.

   Similarharness

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The thin skin that connects the fingers or toes of some animals.

   Like the stretchy skin between a duck's toes that works like a paddle.

   Ducks have webbing between their toes to help them swim.

   The frog's webbing spread wide as it pushed through the water.

   Similarmembrane

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The woven part of a baseball glove between the thumb and first finger that helps catch the ball.

   Like a small net between the thumb and finger of the glove that traps the ball.

   The ball stuck right in the webbing of her glove.

   He snagged the line drive in the webbing for the final out.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   The belts or tapes that guide long sheets of paper through a printing machine.

   Like belts that move paper along, the way a moving walkway carries people.

   The webbing carried the paper smoothly past the print heads.

   A jam in the webbing stopped the whole press.

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6. 6
   verb

   Present participle of web. Use this form for the action happening right now.

   The spider is webbing the corner of the window frame.

   Frost was webbing across the cold windowpane by morning.

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