basket weave


noun

a plain weave with two or more yarns woven together in a checkered pattern resembling that of a woven basket.

Origin of basket weave

First recorded in 1920–25

Example sentences from the Web for basket weave

  • And the cage of basket-weave between, with his friends inside struggling with the spider men.

    Wanderer of Infinity |Harl Vincent

British Dictionary definitions for basket weave

basket weave

noun

a weave of two or more yarns together, resembling that of a basket, esp in wool or linen fabric