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woollen

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wool⋅en

[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
3. made or consisting of wool: woolen cloth.
4. of or pertaining to wool or woolen fabrics.
Also, especially British, woollen.


Origin:
bef. 1050; ME wollen (adj. and n.), OE wullen, wyllen (n.). See wool, -en 2
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wool·en also wool·len   (wŏŏl'ən)   
adj.  
  1. Made or consisting of wool.

  2. Of or relating to the production or marketing of woolen goods.

n.  Fabric or clothing made from wool. Often used in the plural.
wool·len   (wŏŏl'ən)   
adj.   & n.
Variant of woolen.
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