Word Meaning

Meaning of "sleaved" and the crossword clue

- The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
- Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
- To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
- of Sleave
- Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.