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Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.

A thin, light fabric of wool. [Written also woollenet, woolenette, and woollenette.]

re by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

, a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or less. [Colloq.]

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.

A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.

A home-made woolen blanket without nap. [Local, New York] Bartlett.

Woolen yarn. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats.

Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats. Beaver rat (Zoöl.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania (Hydromys chrysogaster). -- Beaver skin, the furry skin of the beaver. -- Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.

A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. Knight.

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.

A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. And pbonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott.

Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.