woolsack
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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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 ThornburyShe was a woman that brought to bear upon foolish, culpable loves a mental power that would have adorned the woolsack.
That he would live to sit on the woolsack was now almost a certainty to the dear old lady.
The Eustace Diamonds | Anthony TrollopeThe 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 FrithIt'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
/ (ˈwʊlˌsæk) /
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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