weaving

Etymology

noun

1. (uncountable) The process of making woven material on a loom.
2. (countable) A piece of such material.
   In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends. September 28, 2007, Holland Cotter, “Lenore Tawney, an Innovator in Weaving, Dies at 100”, in New York Times
3. (countable) An unsteady motion back and forth.
   Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal. 1980, David Madsen, Black Plume

verb

1. present participle and gerund of weave
   The motorcycle is weaving in and out of traffic
2. gerund of weave