The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches;
a kind of pruning.
1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman. 2. (Zoöl.) A weaver bird. 3. (Zoöl.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling. Weaver bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic, Fast Indian, and African birds belonging to Ploceus and allied genera of the fa...