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Definition of "webbe" [webbe]

  • A weaver. See webber. (noun)
  • An old spelling of web. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "webbe" in a sentence
  • "In bancquettes of honour, in the place of our fruicte (which the latine calleth the seconde boorde) they serue in rawe flesshe very finely minced and spiced, whervpon the gestes fiede very licouricely. 10 They haue no maner of wollen webbe, but are eyther cladde in sarsenettes, or in linnen."
  • "++Seftes sop ure seppande. sene ` is´ on werlde. leiðe ⁊ lodlike. ðus we it leuen. man ` i´kines ðing. alle manne to wissi {n} g. ðe spinn {er} e on hire [webbe]   swid [e] ge weveð."
  • "Which would not be, if reason rul'd or widsome wev'd the webbe."