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lambswool

/ˈlæmzwʊl/

lambswool noun: the wool of a lamb.

Noun (1)

lambswool (countable and uncountable, plural lambswools)

  1. (uncountable) The wool of a lamb.
    • They sponge up the blood with lambswool, dipped in milk.1980 February 16, Kore J. Sapphire, “The Politics of Valentines”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 11
  2. (broadly, countable) A textile or garment made of wool from a lamb.

Noun (2)

lambswool

  1. A festive drink of ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples.
    • Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […]1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85

Forms of lambswool

plurallambswools

Origin of lambswool

From lamb + -s- + wool.

Probably identical to Etymology 1, referring to the layer of froth that is produced in making the drink, though starting with Charles Vallancey in 1786, historically supposed to be a corruption of an earlier lamasool or La Maes Abhal "Day of the Apple Fruit" (corresponding to Irish lá measa abhla).

Questions about lambswool

What does lambswool mean?
Lambswool means the wool of a lamb.
What part of speech is lambswool?
Lambswool is a noun.
How do you pronounce lambswool?
Lambswool is pronounced /ˈlæmzwʊl/.
What is the plural of lambswool?
The plural of lambswool is lambswools.

Words near lambswool in the dictionary

  1. lambskins
  2. Lambson
  3. Lambsons
  4. lambsquarter
  5. lambsquarters
  6. lambswool
  7. lambswools
  8. Lambton
  9. Lambton County
  10. Lambunao
  11. lamburger

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