woolcomb

noun

woolcomb

noun

Etymology Compound of wool + comb.

1

A comb used for wool.

  • The men […] had with them a person on horseback representing Bishop Blaize, who carried a woolcomb in one hand and a prayer-book in the other.1889, James Burnley, The History of Wool and Woolcombing, page 192:
  • Holding a woolcomb; or with a woman at his feet, offering a pig.1896, E. Spon, Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price-book, page 115:

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