well-wovenadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈwəʊvn/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈwoʊvən/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and woven adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., woven adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + woven adj.

Of cloth, a garment, etc.: skilfully or tightly woven. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: skilfully contrived or constructed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven

writhenOE

twinedc1300

locked1488

wreathena1500

plait1529

implicatec1540

context?1541

twisted1548

weaved1552

wreathed?1552

texed1572

well-woven1578

woven1590

interlaced1593

entrailed1599

entest1608

implicit1608

folden1612

inextricate?1615

intertissueda1616

complicatea1626

enwreathed1631

interwoven1642

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intertwineda1680

plectilea1682

well-wove1690

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osiered1820

inwrought1824

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impleached1829

internetted1849

enlaced1851

threaded1853

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pleached1896

interweaved1898

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 89 They presented vnto Cortez certayne cloth of Cotten well wouen.

1595 E. Spenser Astrophel in Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. F2 There his welwouen toyles and subtil traines, He laid the brutish nation to enwrap.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια v. ii. 275 If..you lay out all night vpon the ground the like waight of wooll, and of a well wouen cloath; you shal find in the morning the wooll to waigh heauier then the cloth.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 97 Not force, but well couch't fraud, well woven snares.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 345 When thy well-woven bands unite societies.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. 741 Ev'ry maiden neat-attir'd In finest linen, and the youths in vests Well-woven.

1827 London Lit. Gaz. 15 Sept. 598/1 The juvenile adventures of a British officer may fairly vie with the best-wrought tissue of well-woven fiction.

1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Trachiniae 602 This well-woven robe.

1920 N.Y. Libraries May 75/1 Clever detective story with a well-woven plot which will tax the ingenuity of any reader.

1970 B. H. L. Hart Hist. Second World War xxv. 412 Montgomery was able to make the most of his ability for planning a well-woven defence.

2006 D. E. Davis in D. E. Davis et al. Southern U.S. ii. 28 The presence of well-woven fabrics at the Windover site is..evidence of an expert craft tradition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-woven
释义	well-wovenadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈwəʊvn/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈwoʊvən/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and woven adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., woven adj. Etymology: < well adv. + woven adj. Of cloth, a garment, etc.: skilfully or tightly woven. Also figurative and in figurative contexts: skilfully contrived or constructed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven writhenOE twinedc1300 locked1488 wreathena1500 plait1529 implicatec1540 context?1541 twisted1548 weaved1552 wreathed?1552 texed1572 well-woven1578 woven1590 interlaced1593 entrailed1599 entest1608 implicit1608 folden1612 inextricate?1615 intertissueda1616 complicatea1626 enwreathed1631 interwoven1642 inwoven1667 intertwineda1680 plectilea1682 well-wove1690 implicated1761 osiered1820 inwrought1824 complected1828 impleached1829 internetted1849 enlaced1851 threaded1853 interknit1885 interwrought1895 pleached1896 interweaved1898 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 89 They presented vnto Cortez certayne cloth of Cotten well wouen. 1595 E. Spenser Astrophel in Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. F2 There his welwouen toyles and subtil traines, He laid the brutish nation to enwrap. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια v. ii. 275 If..you lay out all night vpon the ground the like waight of wooll, and of a well wouen cloath; you shal find in the morning the wooll to waigh heauier then the cloth. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 97 Not force, but well couch't fraud, well woven snares. View more context for this quotation a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 345 When thy well-woven bands unite societies. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. 741 Ev'ry maiden neat-attir'd In finest linen, and the youths in vests Well-woven. 1827 London Lit. Gaz. 15 Sept. 598/1 The juvenile adventures of a British officer may fairly vie with the best-wrought tissue of well-woven fiction. 1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Trachiniae 602 This well-woven robe. 1920 N.Y. Libraries May 75/1 Clever detective story with a well-woven plot which will tax the ingenuity of any reader. 1970 B. H. L. Hart Hist. Second World War xxv. 412 Montgomery was able to make the most of his ability for planning a well-woven defence. 2006 D. E. Davis in D. E. Davis et al. Southern U.S. ii. 28 The presence of well-woven fabrics at the Windover site is..evidence of an expert craft tradition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1578
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