| 单词 | fleece-wool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfleece-wool fleece-wool n. that obtained from the living animal at the annual shearings. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from recently shorn sheep shorling1429 fleece-wool1495 1495 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 42 Centum stones de flesse wolle. 1552 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 6. §1 Mingling Fell-wool and Lambs-wool..with Fleece-wool. 1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) I. 97 Fleece Wooll, out of Lincolnshire. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxix. 385 The years 1880, 1881, and 1882 were good years, when unsorted wool ranged between about 11d. and 1s. o½d. per lb., and fleece wool rose to close upon 1s. 6d. per lb. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 15/2 The cost of putting an extremely good value in fleece wools has made it difficult for the puller to operate. 1951 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 378 Fleece..The main part of a sheep's wool, which is picked up in one, skirted, and rolled. This is sold as fleece wool, as opposed to locks, bellies, and pieces. < as lemmas |
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