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plain weave

noun

Definition of PLAIN WEAVE

:  a weave in which the threads interlace alternately
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First Known Use of PLAIN WEAVE

1888

Rhymes with PLAIN WEAVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave

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