Word Meaning

sleaved definition and meaning

n. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
n. Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
v. t. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
imp. & p. p. of Sleave
a. Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.