webbelt

[ A web be , a dyere, and a tapicer. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 362. The webbes ant the full aris a emble den hem alle, Ant makeden huere cousail in huere commune halle. Flemish Insurrection (Child's Ballads, VI. 270). web be2t, n. An old spelling of web . webbert (web'er), n. [ webbare , webbere , a weaver, webban , weave: see web , The noun survives in the surname Webber .] A Middle English form of weaver1 . n. He was, it is said, web-footed naturally, and partially Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 137. web-foot (web'fût), n. A foot whose toes, or some of them, are webbed; also, the condition of being web-footed. As applied to persons, it implies an abnormal condition, corresponding to the web-fingered. - Gillie web-foot. See gillie .