Woolcomber
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Woolcomber is a noun meaning A person employed to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres.
Meaning
A person employed to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres.
Example Sentences
Leo, who, from the bulk of his body, and the dulness of his mind, was surnamed the Ajax of the East, had deserted his original trade, of a woolcomber, to exercise, with much less skill and success, the military profession; […]
Word Forms
- woolcombers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include woolcombing, woolcomb, comber, woolwasher, carding-comb, woolwinder.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.