threaden

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English

Etymology

From Middle English threden, thredyn (“made of thread”), equivalent to thread +‎ -en (made of).

Adjective

threaden (not comparable)

(archaic) Made of or woven from thread.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. , London: By G Eld for T T and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
  threaden fillet
- 1811, Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review:
  Thy gloves they were made of a threaden stitch,
  Thou kept on thy hands to hide the itch; […]
- 1861, Thomas Adams, The Works of Thomas Adams:
  That kindness plungeth him into a deeper bondage; the first was but a threaden snare, which he might break, but this is an infrangible chain of iron.
- 1610 (first performance), Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, London: Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, , published 1612, →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1970, →OCLC, (please specify the GB page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  Your feet in mouldy slippers, for your kibes,
  A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloak,
  That scarce would cover your no-buttocks— […]

References

“threaden”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

hand tree, hartened, neatherd, Atherden, Renthead, anthered, adherent

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