spec. Designating a high-quality wool obtained from Shetland sheep (see sense 4), noted for its lightness, warmth, softness, and the wide variety…

In wool-sorting: wool of the highest grade that can be obtained from a fleece. Also as adj.

Ostrich down, used as a substitute for beaver fur. Cf. ostrich, n. 3.

A type of fine wool; = jersey, n.1 1. Chiefly as a modifier.

(a variety of) fine wool produced from merino sheep (originally as shipped from the region of Botany Bay, New South Wales).

Short for Botany wool n. Botany yarn n. at compounds.

spec. yarn produced from Shetland wool (see sense 2a); esp. a fine, loosely-spun yarn of the type used for making traditional Shetland knitted…

(With small initial letter.) A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin (see also quot. 1940).