adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Made of or woven from thread. archaic, not-comparable

   "threaden fillet"

Example

More examples

"Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch, Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English threden, thredyn (“made of thread”), equivalent to thread + -en (made of).

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