n.1 a a fine network of threads spun by a spider from a liquid secreted by it, used to trap insects etc. b the thread of this.
2 anything compared with a cobweb, esp. in flimsiness of texture.
3 a trap or insidious entanglement.
4 (in pl.) a state of languishing; fustiness.
Derivatives:
cobwebbed adj. cobwebby adj.
Etymology: ME cop(pe)web f. obs. coppe spider