moit
/mɔɪt
/noun Australian /NZ
A foreign substance in a woollen fleece, especially a particle of wood: after this, the wool is cleansed of moits...
- The wool is much deteriorated in value from having burrs, moits, and other vegetable matters entangled amongst it.
- Moits left in the fleece downgrade it considerably.
- The faults were usually only dust and moits.
Origin
Mid 19th century: originally a dialect word from northern England.