Meanings
plural woolstuffs
- archaiccountableuncountableWoolen cloth or fabric.
The wealth of a fisherwoman consists in the number of her petticoats, of flannel or a mixed cotton and woolstuff, and the more she wears at once the better she is thought to be dressed.
1891, George Hitchcock, “The Picturesque Quality of Holland”, in Scribner's Magazine, page 627
Origin
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