sley

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Noun

sley (plural sleys)

1. reed (of a loom)
2. A guideway in a knitting machine.
3. (weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends.

Verb

sley (sleys, present participle sleying; past and past participle sleyed)

1. (transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

Related terms

• sleave
• sleid

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