webbing
noun
[ ˈwɛbɪŋ ]
• strong, closely woven fabric used for making items such as straps and belts, and for supporting the seats of upholstered chairs.
• "webbing straps"
• the part of a baseball glove between the thumb and forefinger.
• "just when the ball is about to go past him, he leaps up and snags it in the webbing of his glove"
web
verb
• cover with or as though with a web.
• "she noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases"
Origin:
Old English web(b) ‘woven fabric’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch web, also to weave1. Early use of the verb was in the sense ‘weave fabric on a loom’.
