felter
1 of 2transitive verb
felt·er
ˈfeltə(r)
-ed/-ing/-s
now dialectal British
: to mat together like felt : intertwine
felter
2 of 2noun
"
plural -s
: one that makes felt or works with felt: such as
a
: an operator of a machine that produces felting
b
: a worker who attaches felt weather stripping
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
Middle English filteren, felteren, from (assumed) Anglo-French feltrer to cover with felt, from (assumed) Old French feltrer (whence Old French feutrer), from Old French feltre, feutre felt, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon filt felt
- loose end
- loose fit
- loose fit-up
- loose head
- loose milk
- loose rate
- loose scrum
- loose sentence
- loose side
- loose smut
- loose tongue
- loose wall
- loose-bodied
- loose-footed
- loose-housing system
- loose-joint butt
- loose-jointed
- loose-jointedness
- loose-leaf
- loose-limbed
- loose-lipped
- loose-pin butt
- loose-tongued
- looseboxes
- loosed