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short wool
1. Wool having a short staple or fibre.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Woollen Manufactory, A Pack, or 240 Pounds Weight of short Wool. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 358/2 In 1828 the number of packs of short wool had diminished to 2800. 1912Times 19 Dec. 20/3 The finer varieties of short wools.
2. (Hyphened.) A sheep producing such a wool.
1837Youatt Sheep ix. 351 A few of the short-wools were left. 1844W. C. Spooner Sheep 72 [The South Down breed] ranks with the Leicester—the former first among the short⁓wools.
3. attrib.
1824Banks in Bischoff Woollen Manuf. (1842) II. 55 Any drawback so obtained must operate as a bounty to the English short-wool grower. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 358/1 Various breeds of short-wool sheep still prevail on the hills of Devonshire and Cornwall.
Hence short-woolled a.
1787Young's Ann. Agric. VIII. 199 The South Downs..are, for that point, the best short-woolled sheep which I know in England. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 359/2 One other breed of short-woolled sheep must be mentioned. |