To this thread (tawhiu) are attached the upper ends of the warp or vertical threads (io).

The weaver passes two of these threads on either side of the first io or vertical thread, enclosing it.

A town looked to have grown up around the base of what was no longer a vertical thread, but a slender pillar in pale brown.

It chugged toward where a vertical thread hung from the sky.

The channels between the cords are crossed by many very slender raised vertical threads.

The thread count describes how many horizontal and vertical threads there are per square inch of material.

A vertical thread on the chart showed the actual number of vehicles which had been completed to that stage at a given time.

The length of the line to the right of this vertical thread showed the quantity of material ahead of the actual progress of the vehicle.

The strap around the weaver's waist enables the tension of the vertical thread to be adjusted.

Far ahead he could see a vertical white thread of waterfall.