1
: a strong narrow closely woven fabric designed for bearing weight and used especially for straps or upholstery
2
: a piece of leather or section of interwoven leather straps between the thumb and index finger of a baseball glove that forms an extension of the pocket
called also trap
Examples of webbing in a Sentence
I need to replace the webbing on the lawn chair.
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Highlining Between Two Moving Balloons A slackline is a flat webbing, usually nylon or polyester, tensioned between two anchors like trees, buildings, or canyon walls.
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Apply tree-tying straps or nylon webbing.
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Mealybugs look like cottony white masses, scale insects appear as brown bumps on the leaves, and spider mites leave sticky webbing behind.
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Remove their webbing and destroy egg sacs often.
—Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Apply tree-tying straps or nylon webbing.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
Mealybugs look like cottony white masses, scale insects appear as brown bumps on the leaves, and spider mites leave sticky webbing behind.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for webbing
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“Webbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/webbing. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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