Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. 2. (a.) Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.

Multi-Version Concordance Threadbare (1 Occurrence) Leviticus 13:55 And the priest shall look on the sore after the washing, and behold, if the sore have not changed its appearance, and the sore have not spread, it is unclean: thou shalt burn it with fire: it is a fretting sore on what is threadbare or where the nap is gone. (DBY)