felter

present singular third person felters · participle present feltering · participle past feltered · past feltered

1. archaicTo clot, tangle, or mat together, such as like felt.

   His feltered locks that on his bosom fell.

   1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Fourth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC

plural felters

1. A person who works with or makes felt; a feltmaker.

   Those Spanish Wools for Felters were not Fleece Wools.

   1720, John Stow, edited by John Strype, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, volume 2, page 239, col. 1

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   This is the mark of an experienced felter and the way to monitor the very subtle changes in the late stages of feltmaking

   2007, Christine White, Uniquely Felt, page 77

plural Felters

1. A surname.