woolen

[ wool-uhn ]
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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.

Origin of woolen

1
before 1050; Middle English wollen (adj. and noun), Old English wullen, wyllen (noun). See wool, -en2
  • Also especially British, wool·len .

Other words from woolen

  • half-woolen, adjective

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