spiderweb

[ spahy-der-web ]

/ ˈspaɪ dərˌwɛb /

to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.

Origin of spiderweb

First recorded in 1890–95; v. use of spider web

Solution also collects in cuticles and creases, creating a spiderweb effect if not barrier-creamed and/or daubed off.

Spray-Tan Horror Stories |Anneli Rufus |July 7, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Like a thunderbolt it struck among those slender bridges, the spiderweb of icy strands that spanned the shaft.

Black Amazon of Mars |Leigh Brackett
These pictures are shown on so large a scale that the spiderweb fills the end of the theatre.

The Art Of The Moving Picture |Vachel Lindsay
The spiderweb of roads had faded from the plain, and the landing field was smooth and unmarked.

The Legion of Lazarus |Edmond Hamilton

It was like looking at a spiderweb through a sheet of frosted glass.

Occasion for Disaster |Gordon Randall Garrett
Then the Rainbow Fairies slipped down from the butterflies and threw the silken strands of the spiderweb net over the bubble.

Bobbie Bubbles |E. Hugh Sherwood and Maud Gridley Budlong