Berlin wool

American  

noun

1. a soft woolen yarn for embroidery or knitting.

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Etymology

Origin of Berlin wool

1840–50; after Berlin, Germany, where such wools were originally dyed

Example Sentences

As if Double-Bass or Berlin wool were disinfecting liquors!

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

Pins No. 17, Berlin wool, pink and white.

From Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations by Riego de la Branchardi?re, ?l?onore

"Penelope must have worked in Berlin wool, I 'm certain," said Linton, as he approached where she sat.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Double Berlin wool, 2 colors, black and gold.

From Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations by Riego de la Branchardi?re, ?l?onore

Berlin, bėr′lin, n. an old-fashioned four-wheeled covered carriage, with a seat behind covered with a hood—also Ber′line.—Berlin blue, Prussian blue; Berlin wool, a fine dyed wool for worsted-work, knitting, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various