Meanings
nounwoolfell (plural woolfells)
plural woolfells · alternative woolfel
- A skin of an animal with the wool attached.
For first Mr. Dier's opinion was that the ancient custom for exportation was by the common laws; and goeth furder, that that ancient custom was the custom upon wools, woolfells, and leather.
a. 1627 (date written), Francis Bacon, “A.D. 1610. Ætat. 50.”, in James Spedding, editor, The Works of Francis Bacon, […]: The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon […], volume IV, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, published 1858, →OCLC, page 194
Origin
From wool + fell; see fell (“skin”).
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woolfell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolfell
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woolfell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woolfell.
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