- a variation of woolen.
woollen
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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He was last seen wearing a quilted green-brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Also on the vest, under a slate-gray sky where many men brought together in mourning wore hoodies and woollen caps, lay two dandelions and some flower petals.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
On a chilly December morning, a group of women wrapped in colourful saris, warm shawls and woollen caps huddled outside a three-storey building in a busy neighbourhood in Delhi.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025
He was wearing a quilted green/brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
“I always had colds all winter long. My mother made me wear woollen stockings.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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