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felting, vbl. n.|ˈfɛltɪŋ|
[f. felt v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action or process of making felt.
1686Plot Staffordsh. 109 Beside Wool, for..Felting. 1806W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. IV. 772 Felting is a much simpler process than weaving. 1844J. Rennie Bird Archit. 207 The goldfinch is more neat in the execution of its felting than the chaffinch. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 261 Felting is a process by which the different kinds of hair and wool are interlaced or intertwined.
b. Of the hair (see quot. 1848).
1848Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 7), Felting,..a term applied to the hair when inextricably interlaced, as occurs occasionally in women from inattention. 1864W. T. Fox Class. Skin Dis. 75 Canities, Felting. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 57/1 Felting, the matting or entangling by movement and pressure of hair into a hair mouse.
c. Of woollen fibres and paper: matting and shrinking.
1884W. S. B. Maclaren Spinning iv. 58 By this rough arrangement of the fibres they..lap round each other more firmly in the felting; because as wool shrinks in the process, a fibre which is wrapped round several others will get a firmer grip. 1905Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 496/2 The wet web then passes through press rolls to ensure perfect felting and even thickness. 1920Cross & Bevan Paper Making (ed. 5) ii. 86 The degree in which felting takes place will depend..upon the form or microscopic peculiarities of the fibres. 1960Which? Apr. 91/1 Rubbing the material by hand, in a washing machine, or in a tumbler drier when wet (or even just damp) may cause felting. 1970Nature 14 Feb. 634/2 Felting is the progressive fibre entanglement in wool resulting from mechanical agitation, particularly in the presence of water.
2. concr. Felted cloth.
1849Florist 32 A paper-manufacturer presented us with some felting. 1891Pall Mall G. 22 Oct. 2/2 Protected from the intense cold..by double windows and felting.
3. attrib.
1805J. Luccock Nat. Wool 34 Such a valuable property in wool as the felting quality. 1842Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 101 The felting quality of wool is owing to the rough nature of the surface of its filaments. 1859Sala Gas-light & D. 98 A felting comb with all the back teeth knocked out. |