A foreign substance in a woollen fleece, especially a particle of wood.
after this, the wool is cleansed of moits
Example sentencesExamples
- When the wool is at its longest, a good deal of moits will be picked up in the fleece.
- The wool is much deteriorated in value from having burrs, moits, and other vegetable matters entangled amongst it.
- Moits left in the fleece downgrade it considerably.
- The faults were usually only dust and moits.
- The fleeces are inclined to be of a thin growth and generally full of moits.