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Answer for the clue "Made from fleeces ", 7 letters:
woollen

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Word definitions for woollen in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or related to or made of wool; "a woolen sweater" [syn: woolen ] n. a fabric made from the hair of sheep [syn: wool , woolen ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context British spelling English) (alternative form of woolen English) n. (context British spelling English) (alternative form of woolen English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Woolen \Wool"en\, a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See Wool .] Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. Woolen scribbler , a machine for combing ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cotton/woollen/silk etc cloth ▪ a dress of the finest silk cloth rubber/leather/woollen etc gloves ▪ Dr McIntyre was slowly removing his rubber gloves. woollen/cotton/nylon socks ▪ Cotton socks are better for your ...

Usage examples of woollen.

It came as a shock to realize that she had no record of her baby, no photograph or souvenir, apart from the single woollen bootee that she had retrieved from his cot.

They were escorted by a gigantic man, almost black, with a zigzag scar across the left side of his face, who wore a shining brown burnous over a grey woollen jacket.

Edinburgh to improve, enlarge, and adorn the avenues and streets of that city, according to a concerted plan, to be executed by voluntary subscription: a third, allowing the exportation of wool and woollen yarn from Ireland into any port in Great Britain: and a fourth, prescribing the breadth of the wheels belonging to heavy carriages, that the high roads of the kingdom might be the better preserved.

He was an East Coast man, and that cardigan, or some form of woollen pullover, was never discarded until it was hot enough to melt the tar on the Martires Atlante opposite.

And now the crawling things must be coming for her, writhing closer and closer every moment in the dark, perhaps even now twining slipperily about the bedposts and oozing up over the coarse woollen blankets.

The parliament prohibited the exportation of woollen goods, which was not so well judged, especially while the exportation of unwrought wool was so much allowed and encouraged.

Here the goods included the coarse woollen cloth made in most Tibetan households, squares of silk from China, cheap printed material from India, maize and rice from Bhutan, spices, the usual home-grown vegetables, tea-bricks, ritual objects, coral, amber and agate necklaces, talisman boxes and tea-cups of polished birch and maple.

Leading Warain to his stall, she rubbed him down with fresh straw, filled his feedbox with grain, and covered his grey back with a thick woollen blanket.

Arinbiorn, but as the sword fleeth, when it springeth up from the iron helm to fall on the woollen coat.

The Inca, they relate, also caused to be made a great woollen chain of many colours, garnished with gold plates, and two red fringes at the end.

He crossed the street briskly, and when he rounded the corner nearest the apartment block he saw Irena sitting in the parked Skoda, a woollen scarf partly covering her face.

Commander called, Longton came over and together the two officers lifted the red woollen carpet away from the wall to reveal the polished floorboards below.

Lying in wait for English and Russian ships carrying goods to Peter the Great, the pirates took many valuable prizes, with cargoes consisting of fittings for ships, arms, and warm woollen clothing.

Nearby was a scattered settlement of houses outside which stood small, dark-skinned Quechua Indians dressed in ponchos, balaclavas and colourful woollen hats.

But if the manure is poor, consisting largely of straw, it will be very desirable to make it richer by mixing with it bone-dust, blood, hen-droppings, woollen rags, chamber-lye, and animal matter of any kind that you can find.