open weave

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   a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric

   Broaderweave

Questions about open weave

What does open weave mean?

open weave means "a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric".

Is open weave a common word?

open weave is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.