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camp chair |
a lightweight folding chair, usu. made of canvas, plastic webbing, or the like. |
flying frog |
any of several tree frogs of southeastern Asia having an expanse of webbing between the toes that allows them to make long gliding leaps. |
glove |
in baseball, a large padded leather glove with webbing connecting the finger and thumb sections, used by players in the field; baseball glove. [1/5 definitions] |
webbed |
made of or formed by a web or webbing. [1/2 definitions] |
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