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title: "Weft"
description: "The weft is the set of threads passed crosswise over and under the warp to form a woven fabric."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/weft
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
---

# Weft

*The weft is the set of threads passed crosswise over and under the warp to form a woven fabric.*

The weft, also called the woof or filling, runs across the width of the cloth from one [selvage](https://teazle.art/glossary/selvage.md) to the other. Each pass is called a pick. In most cloths the weft and [warp](https://teazle.art/glossary/warp.md) together make the structure; in [tapestry](https://teazle.art/glossary/tapestry.md) and [brocade](https://teazle.art/glossary/brocade.md), extra or discontinuous wefts make the pattern.


## Sources

1. [Weft (AAT 300227867)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300227867). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Weft (Q588676)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q588676). Wikidata

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