COBWEB

cobweb. Cobweb, n. a spider's web, a trap; a. trifling, weak

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Cob″web′ (?), n. [[Cob a spider + web.]] 1. 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
2. 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.
I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. Cowper. 3. 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.
The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. Sir P. Sidney. 4. 4. (Zoöl.) The European spotted flycatcher.
Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl. — Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires.