underwooln.

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(a), 2a(d)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunderwool.

1. Wool used to make underwear; woollen undergarments. rare.

ΚΠ

1910 W. de la Mare Private View (1953) 223 The typical Englishman..a scorner of great-coats and underwool.

2. A layer of wool lying beneath the outer layer on an animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > outer layer of fur > layer of wool or fur beneath outer layer

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1939 J. S. Huxley in Geogr. Mag. Dec. 78/2 They [sc. Soay sheep] have..the same general colouration..with dense underwool.

1965 Sci. News Let. 12 June 370/1 Many woolen manufacturers are enthusiastic about the principal product of the musk ox, its underwool, which the Eskimos call ‘qiviut’. The fiber is similar to that of cashmere but about twice as long and half as thick.

1968 Beaver Winter 37/2 Eskimos..have long known his wonderful underwool as qiviut, a fibre far warmer than the silken down of the northern grey goose.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	underwool
释义	underwooln. Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(a), 2a(d)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunderwool. 1. Wool used to make underwear; woollen undergarments. rare. ΚΠ 1910 W. de la Mare Private View (1953) 223 The typical Englishman..a scorner of great-coats and underwool. 2. A layer of wool lying beneath the outer layer on an animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > outer layer of fur > layer of wool or fur beneath outer layer undergrowtha1642 underwool1939 1939 J. S. Huxley in Geogr. Mag. Dec. 78/2 They [sc. Soay sheep] have..the same general colouration..with dense underwool. 1965 Sci. News Let. 12 June 370/1 Many woolen manufacturers are enthusiastic about the principal product of the musk ox, its underwool, which the Eskimos call ‘qiviut’. The fiber is similar to that of cashmere but about twice as long and half as thick. 1968 Beaver Winter 37/2 Eskimos..have long known his wonderful underwool as qiviut, a fibre far warmer than the silken down of the northern grey goose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1910
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