lamb's wool

American  

noun

1. a soft, virgin wool possessing superior spinning qualities, shorn from a seven-month-old lamb.

2. a fabric made from this wool.

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lamb's wool British  

noun

1. 1. fine soft wool obtained from a lamb at its first shearing

   2. ( as modifier )

      lamb's-wool jumpers

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Etymology

Origin of lamb's wool

First recorded in 1545–55

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Example Sentences

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lamb's wool

The lambs' growth rates, wool characteristics and samples, and meat quality were monitored, and the project found a big improvement in the multi-purpose lamb's wool characteristics compared to a control group.

From BBC ● May 15, 2023

That is, until her sparkle-embedded Gucci sunglasses caught the sun and sprayed starbursts above the shaggy lamb’s wool collar of her Dries Van Noten coat.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2016

One sported a buzz cut, the other had hair like soft lamb’s wool.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2014

He opened the Rolls-Royce’s doors to reveal a spotless white interior, with lamb’s wool floor mats, seatback TVs and a football field’s worth of legroom.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2012

Sean picked him up, drove him home in a silence so absolute Finn felt as if he were wearing a helmet packed with lamb’s wool.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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