underwebbing

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noun

A webbing supporting something else

OriginEnglish webbing ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

noununderwebbing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA webbing supporting something else

    There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces.

    1995, Nancy Berliner, Sarah Handler, Friends of the House, →ISBN, page 79

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishwebbing
  13. Englishunderwebbing

From under- + webbing.

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APA

underwebbing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwebbing

MLA

“underwebbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwebbing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underwebbing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwebbing.

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