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ˈunderwool
[under-1 5 a, d.]
1. Wool used to make underwear; woollen undergarments. rare—1.
1910W. de la Mare Private View (1953) 223 The typical Englishman..a scorner of great-coats and underwool.
2. A layer of wool lying beneath the outer layer on an animal.
1939J. S. Huxley in Geogr. Mag. Dec. 78/2 They [sc. Soay sheep] have..the same general colouration..with dense underwool. 1965,1968[see qiviut]. |