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woolen

[ wool-uhn ]

noun

  1. any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
  2. woolens, wool cloth or clothing.


adjective

  1. made or consisting of wool:

    woolen cloth.

  2. of or relating to wool or woolen fabrics.

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Other Words From

  • half-woolen adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of woolen1

before 1050; Middle English wollen (adj. and noun), Old English wullen, wyllen (noun). See wool, -en 2

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Example Sentences

His face is gory and pitted with deep shrapnel wounds and his injured hands drip blood on the rumpled woolen blankets.

Good hygiene, students are advised, is important for warding away bad breath and bad smells from that woolen suit.

Leaning back in his chair, a striped woolen scarf thrown cavalierly around his neck, Carr frowned.

As his student in the spring of 1992, I remember his woolen sweaters and an umbrella, and perhaps even a shepherd's hat.

By spreading over us the heavy woolen blankets the Mounted Police use under their saddles, we slept in comfort.

Both dress and cloak should be made of a woolen material, (varying of course with the season,) which will shed water.

A woolen skirt, made quite short, to clear the muddy streets, is the proper thing.

If you are to pass the night in the cars, carry a warm woolen or silk hood, that you may take off your bonnet at night.

He is an old, grizzled man dressed in dungaree pants, a sweater, and a woolen cap with ear flaps.

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