woolsack

[ wool-sak ]

/ ˈwʊlˌsæk /

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noun

a sack or bag of wool.

British.

(in the House of Lords) one of a number of cloth-covered seats or divans stuffed with wool, for the use of judges, especially one for the Lord Chancellor.
the Lord Chancellor's office.

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Origin of woolsack

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at wool, sack¹

Words nearby woolsack

woolly-minded, woolly monkey, woolly worm, woolman, woolpack, woolsack, woolshed, woolskin, woolsorters' disease, wool sponge, wool stapler

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How to use woolsack in a sentence

This led, as might be expected, not to the woolsack but to the authorship of Coningsby.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
She was a woman that brought to bear upon foolish, culpable loves a mental power that would have adorned the woolsack.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866|Various
That he would live to sit on the woolsack was now almost a certainty to the dear old lady.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope
The Woolsack, more especially the object of his ambition, was made a very uneasy seat to any occupant.
John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1|William Powell Frith

It's a long journey from the shop in the Strand to the woolsack you see, and he took sick at two-and-thirty I believe.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet

British Dictionary definitions for woolsack

woolsack

/ (ˈwʊlˌsæk) /

noun

a sack containing or intended to contain wool

(in Britain) the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords, formerly made of a large square sack of wool

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woolsack

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