lambswool

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/ˈlæmzwʊl/

noun

The wool of a lamb.

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Meanings

lambswool1

nounlambswool (countable and uncountable, plural lambswools)

plural lambswools

  1. uncountableThe wool of a lamb.

    They sponge up the blood with lambswool, dipped in milk.

    1980 February 16, Kore J. Sapphire, “The Politics of Valentines”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 11
  2. broadlycountableA textile or garment made of wool from a lamb.

lambswool2

noun
  1. A festive drink of ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples.

    1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85, Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […]

Origin

lambswool · noun

From lamb + -s- + wool.

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lambswool · noun

Probably identical to Etymology 1, referring to the layer of froth that is produced in making the drink, though starting with Charles Vallancey in 1786, historically supposed to be a corruption of an earlier lamasool or La Maes Abhal "Day of the Apple Fruit" (corresponding to Irish lá measa abhla).

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lambswool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambswool

MLA

“lambswool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambswool. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lambswool,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambswool.

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