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wool-gathering

wool-gathering is the alternative spelling of woolgathering.

Meaning of woolgathering

Noun

woolgathering (usually uncountable, plural woolgatherings)

  1. (usually) The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
  2. (usually) Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
    • [while fishing] Alone with my tin of bait and my wool-gatherings, I was in a world of my own, localized and satisfying as such world always are.1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 109 (1968 edition)

Forms of wool-gathering

pluralwool-gatherings

Questions about wool-gathering

What is wool-gathering the alternative spelling of?
Wool-gathering is the alternative spelling of woolgathering.

Words near wool-gathering in the dictionary

  1. wool wax
  2. Wool Wool
  3. wool-dyed
  4. wool-fat
  5. wool-gather
  6. wool-gathering
  7. wool-gatherings
  8. wool-headed
  9. wool-hole
  10. wool-holes
  11. wool-pated

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