sley English

Meaning sley meaning

What does sley mean?

sley noun

— reed (of a loom)

— A guideway in a knitting machine.

— (weaving) The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends.

sley verb

— (transitive, weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

Synonyms sley synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sley?

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slay

going part

batten