noun
- tangled or knotted silk or thread
Usage: archaic; textile
verb
- present participle of sleave: to separate or divide into filaments
Usage: archaic; textile
Examples
- The seamstress worked patiently to untangle the sleaving.
- Hours of sleaving the silk threads left her fingers sore.
- The old tapestry showed signs of sleaving at the edges.
- She spent the morning sleaving the twisted yarn.
- The sleaving process required careful attention to detail.