felt

plural felts · alternative archaic felte

1. countableuncountableA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

   It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.

   c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]

2. countableuncountableA hat made of felt.
3. countableuncountableA felt-tip pen.

   You'll notice that all the illustrations are done in different media: some with pencil crayons, some with felts, some with paint, some with chalk pastels.

   1989, Anne D. Forester, Margaret Reinhard, The Learners' Way, page 116

4. countableobsoleteuncountableA skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.

   To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.

   1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry

present singular third person felts · participle present felting · participle past felted · past felted · alternative archaic felte

1. transitiveTo make into felt or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.

   the same Wool , for instance , one Men felts it into a Hat, another weaves it into Cloth , another weaves it into Kersey or Serge

   a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

2. transitiveTo cover with, or as if with, felt.

   to felt the cylinder of a steam engine

3. transitivecard gamesTo cause (a player) to lose all their chips.
4. InternetbroadlytransitiveTo thoroughly defeat or humiliate (someone).

alternative archaic felte

1. participlepasttransitivesimple past and past participle of feel

comparative more felt · superlative most felt · alternative archaic felte

1. transitiveThat has been experienced or perceived.

   Conversions to Islam can therefore be a deeply felt aesthetic experience that rarely occurs in Christian accounts of conversion, which are generally the source rather than the result of a Christian experience of beauty.

   2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 257

plural Felts

1. A surname.

   1 more example

   Anaïs Felt, a 31-year-old content creator based in the San Francisco Bay area, has “never felt better” after taking a microretirement this year. […] In the caption, Felt noted that the break is “totally worth it” if you have the money. She’s “childfree” and had saved up “a sizable chunk” of funds before quitting her 9-to-5.

   2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post

plural FELTs

1. abbreviationacronymastronomyAcronym of fast-evolving luminous transient, a type of supernova.