Definition of "spider-web" [spider-web]

• The web or net spun by a spider; cobweb; gossamer. Also spider-cot. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "You find yourself ignoring clothes and looking at an inky foot, a spider-web neck, a dragon shoulder."
• "She burst through as though it were filmy spider-web and disappeared in the underbrush."
• "A spider-web pattern of cracks appeared in the glass."