Meanings
nounwoolcomb (plural woolcombs)
plural woolcombs
- A comb used for wool.
Holding a woolcomb; or with a woman at his feet, offering a pig.
1896, E. Spon, Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price-book, page 1151 more example
The men […] had with them a person on horseback representing Bishop Blaize, who carried a woolcomb in one hand and a prayer-book in the other.
1889, James Burnley, The History of Wool and Woolcombing, page 192
Origin
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