Weaving. [f. SPLIT sb.1 2 b.] A division of the warp, consisting of the threads passing between each pair of dents or splits.

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1834–6.  P. Barlow, in Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VIII. 734/2. There is likewise a third rod which divides the warp into what is usually called splitfuls, for two threads alternately pass over and under it.

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