The somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their web of life with
hardly a . . . thread of rose-color or gold.
Hawthorne.
Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is
difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures.
W. Irving.
5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the
hood.