attributive or adj.; and in combinations, as bagging-factory.

Designating a kind of high-quality wool. Obsolete.

Of a garment, or wool: Thick, heavy. Obsolete. (Cf. burl, n.1)

attributive.

Used attributively of wool obtained thence, or of cloth or garments made from this or in imitation of it; applied (usually thibet) to (a) a heavy…

Of a fleece: having many points; bearing wool of uneven length.

Of wool or other textile fibre: full of motes (mote, n.1 2c). Cf. moity, adj. Obsolete. rare.

Textiles. Designating one of the finer sorts of wool from a fleece, esp. that taken from the sheep's neck.

Full of shives (see also quot. 1884).

Of wool: ‘having a close, compact, free, long, and strong staple’ (Webster 1911).

Of wool and woollen or piled fabrics: bulky and springy; resilient.