woolen

alternative UK woollen

1. USnot comparableMade of wool.

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   In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

   1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41

2. USnot comparableOf or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

   a woolen mill

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   woolen manufactures

   a woolen draper

   Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234

plural woolens · alternative UK woollen

1. USAn item of clothing made from wool.

   Put all the woolens in this basket.

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   American woolens could not compete with British fabrics when quality was important.

   1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 240

plural Woolens

1. A surname.