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ˈwool-ˌpacker
One who makes up packages of wool for transport or sale. Also, later, a machine for packing wool. So ˈwool-ˌpacking.
1376Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 584 In donis dat. Wol⁓pakkers, 4s. 1480Cely Papers (Camden) 30, xxvj sarplerys the weche ys fayre woll as the woll packar..saythe to me. 1543tr. Act 8 Hen. VI, c. 22 That no wolpacker shal make within the realme but good and due packyng. 1604Proclam. Winding Wools 18 June §1 All Wool-packers, and Winders of wools. 1633Stow's Surv. 640 The Company of Wooll⁓packers. 1808W. Wilson Hist. Diss. Ch. I. 330 [The old meeting-house] is at present occupied by a wool-packer. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Wool-packer, a machine for compressing and tying fleeces. Ibid., Wool-packing table. 1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 33 The wool-packing season was at its busiest. |