woolpack

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noun

A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.

OriginMiddle English wolpak →
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Meanings

nounwoolpack (plural woolpacks)

plural woolpacks

  1. A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.

    There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high.

    1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Country Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page [220]
  2. A cirrocumulus cloud.

    During the following hour, the high white fleecy clouds lowered and congested and grayed into woolpack.

    2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 10
  3. governmentA charge resembling a pillow or cushion.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwolpak
  2. Englishwoolpack

From Middle English wolpak, wullepak, equivalent to wool + pack.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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