English

Adjective

threaden ‎(not comparable)

1. (archaic) Made or woven of thread; textile.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

   • 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.

   • 2014, Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook, The Alchemist:

     Your feet in mouldy slippers, for your kibes, A felt of rug, and a thin threaden cloak, That scarce would cover your no-buttocks— [...]