Definition of "withe" in Anglais

noun

1. A flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

2. A band of twisted twigs.

3. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.

4. (nautical) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.

5. (masonry) Alternative spelling of wythe (“single section of bricks one unit thick”).

6. (architecture) Alternative spelling of wythe (“partition between flues in a chimney”).

verb

1. (transitive) To bind with withes.

2. (transitive) To beat with withes.