withe

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Pronunciation

• • (British) IPA: /wɪθ/, /wɪð/, /waɪð/
  • (America) IPA: /wɪθ/, /wɪð/

Noun

withe (plural withes)

1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
2. A band of twisted twigs.
3. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
4. (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.
5. (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

Translations

• Italian: ramoscello, virgulto, vimine
• Russian: лоза́

Verb

withe (withes, present participle withing; past and past participle withed)

1. To bind with withes.
2. To beat with withes.

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