The Collaborative International Dictionary
Woold \Woold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Woolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Woolding.] [D. woelen, bewoelen; akin to G. wuhlen, bewuhlen. [root]146.] (Naut.) To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.
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vb. (en-past of: woold)
Usage examples of "woolded".
Presently you will see that twin jury mainmast of hers replaced by something less horrible made up from everything you can imagine by Mr Bentley and that valuable carpenter we rescued: upper-tree, side-trees, heel-pieces, side-fishes, cheeks, front-fish and cant-pieces, all scarfed, coaked, bolted, hooped and woolded together.
The main's cracked just below the lower top—we woolded it with capstan bars, but it's not going to take much strain.
The bows of a galley running before the wind did not prove much of a vantage-point, particularly as the children, who would not be left, tangled themselves in the woolded bumpkin.