ravelly

comparative more ravelly · superlative most ravelly

1. tangly; entwined like fibres

   One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking.

   2006, J. Henri Fabre, The Life of the Fly: Easyread Comfort Edition, page 134

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   Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven.

   1991, Margaret Dittman, Fourteen Easy Baby Quilts, page xiii