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Woolen

//ˈwʊlən// adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of wool. US, not-comparable

    "In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths. US, not-comparable

    "woolen manufactures"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or related to or made of wool wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An item of clothing made from wool. US

    "Put all the woolens in this basket."

  2. 2
    a fabric made from the hair of sheep wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

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