Woolsack

Quick meaning: Woolsack is a noun meaning A bag or bale of wool.

Meaning

A bag or bale of wool.

More Meanings

1. Synonym of corestone.
2. A seat made of wool; (specifically) the traditional seat of the British Lord Chancellor (since 2006 of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords); hence (by metonymy) the post of Lord-Chancellor.

Example Sentences

Well, Dick," rejoined Sir Wynston, merrily, "if both are to be fulfilled, or neither, I trust you may never sit upon the woolsack of England."

We shall never beat the French says one, why truly replied I, 'tis like kicking at a Woolsack—there is perpetual Resistance made, & a strange Elasticity […].

On entering the House, he is described to have appeared abashed and pale: he passed the woolsack without looking round, and advanced to the table where the proper officer was attending to administer the oaths.

But when the Lord Chancellor left the woolsack to congratulate him, and with a smiling face extended his hand, the embittered young peer bowed coldly and stiffly, and simply held out two or three of his fingers,--an act of impudence for which there was no excuse.

Word Forms

• woolsacks

Synonyms for woolsack

Depending on context, synonyms include corestone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include haversack, sackcloth, towsack, sackcloath, sack, hopsack.

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