Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being woven.
That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.
1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 23, page 222
Origin
- Middle Englishwevable
- Englishweavable
From Middle English wevable, weffabylle, equivalent to weave + -able.
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