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woven

/ˈwoʊ.vən/ noun C2
  1. A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic. · A factory that makes cotton and other wovens.

Plural wovens

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All the Beyond was hers with its possibilities lurking rosily in the oncoming years--each year a rose of promise to be woven into an immortal chaplet.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 302 · C1
She was a lithe, dark-eyed woman in a wonderful gown of shimmering gray stuff like woven moonbeams, with gems on her neck and in her dark hair.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 282 · C1
I had my chance, and, starting from that point, I have woven my net round him until now it is all ready to close.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 106 · B2
Over these dark and sombre chairs were thrown splendid stuffs, dyed beneath Persia’s sun, or woven by the fingers of the women of Calcutta or of Chandernagor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 425 · C1

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