Meaning of spleet | Babel Free

Definitions

A small strip of split wood or willow.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“But if the hiue be more then fourteene inches ouer within, it may wel receiue foure spleets.”

“Your Hive being pruned put in your ſpleets, 3 or 4 of them, as the largeneſs of your hive ſhall require, the upper ends whereof ſet together at the top of the hive, and the lower faſten about a handful above the Skirt; beſides theſe ſpleets within the hive, the ſtraw hive muſt have 4 other ſpleets driven up into the Skirts to keep the hive from Sinking when it is Loaded, […]”

“[B]ind their ſtems together with a ſpleet of willow, or ſome tough wood, by wrapping it about them three or four times, and tucking the end under. […] a ſmall wreath, made of ſpleet, is ſlipped on the upper end of the ſtaff, which holds it together, and keeps the whole from falling about.”

“Spleets, or ſticks, are proper to ſupport the combs, when extended near the bottom; […] as the combs are uſually built in parallel lines from front to back, each comb, when wrought down, being of conſiderable weight, it will have a ready ſupport from the ſpleet, and which will ſerve to faſten them alſo; […]”

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