Withe meaning : A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy. A band of twisted twigs. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows. An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured. A partition between flues in a chimney. To bind with withes. To beat with withes.