lamb's wool

noun

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

2. a fabric made from this wool.

lamb's wool

noun

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

   2. ( as modifier )

      lamb's-wool jumpers

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamb's wool¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

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.

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Bishop Piero Marini adjusting the pallium, a collar of lamb’s wool and part of the badge of office, of Benedict during his inaugural Mass on April 24, 2005, in St. Peter’s Square.

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Described as “very black and very handsome” with a “square, smooth chin,” whose “head of Persian lamb’s wool had never known a straightener,” Clifton succumbs to a policeman’s bullet, leading to the apocalyptic riots in Harlem that close the book.

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This brown and tan lamb’s wool, zip-front sweater style first debuted in 1972, and maker Pendleton Woolen Mills notes that it really caught on with fans of the 1998 cult classic “The Big Lebowski” when it was worn by Dec. 4 birthday boy Jeff Bridges’ character the Dude.

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When Okoyomon, who lives in Brooklyn, returned to Europe for the opening five months later, the vines had grown exponentially and nearly enveloped the six human-size yarn and lamb’s wool sculptures of angel-like figures that the artist had built and installed around the space.

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