| 单词 | belly-wool |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbelly-wool c. In full belly-wool. The wool from a sheep's belly, of inferior quality to the main fleece. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific part of sheep hip locks1681 neck wool1726 breeching1799 bottom wool1848 belly-wool1851 say-cast1877 cow-tail1884 1851 F. A. Weld Hints to Sheep-farmers in N.Z. 10 Their mothers do not lose the belly wool, as they would do by lambing in spring. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 32 I had just slipped a light ragged fleece into the belly-wool and ‘bits’ basket. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby iv. 101 Clipping the belly-wool. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (N.Z.) 9 Sept. 15/7 Belly..(2) the wool off a sheep's belly, pressed and sold as ‘bellies’. 1956 G. Bowen Wool Away! (ed. 2) vii. 94 A bale of bulk ewe bellies can be depreciated a grade because of the inclusion of a few wethers' bellies from which urine stains have not been removed. < as lemmas |
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