webbing
/ˈwɛbɪŋ/
noun
- A strong, woven fabric made of strips of material, used for straps, belts, or supporting weight.
- The backpack has thick webbing on the shoulder straps for extra strength.
- He used nylon webbing to secure the load on the roof of the car.
- The seatbelt is made of durable webbing that can withstand a lot of force.
- The skin or membrane between the toes of some animals, such as ducks, frogs, or bats.
- A duck's webbing helps it paddle through the water quickly.
- The frog's webbing allows it to swim and jump between lily pads.
- Bats have webbing between their fingers that forms their wings.
- A network of threads spun by a spider; a spiderweb.
- The old shed was full of dusty webbing in every corner.
- Morning dew glistened on the webbing stretched across the garden fence.
- A fly got caught in the spider's webbing and couldn't escape.
- A complex or interconnected system of things, like a web.
- The webbing of roads and highways connects all the major cities.
- There is a webbing of roots under the forest floor that holds the soil together.
- The story's plot is a webbing of secrets and lies.