Word Study
felt
CIDE DICTIONARY
felt, imp. & p. p.
felt, n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and possibly to Gr. hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.].
- A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. [1913 Webster]"It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
A troop of horse with felt." [1913 Webster] - A hat made of felt. Thynne. [1913 Webster]
- A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [1913 Webster]"To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose." [1913 Webster]
felt, v. t.
- To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam engine. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
felt, n. & v.
--n.
1 a kind of cloth made by rolling and pressing wool etc., or by weaving and shrinking it.
2 a similar material made from other fibres.
--v.
1 tr. make into felt; mat together.
2 tr. cover with felt.
3 intr. become matted.
--n.
1 a kind of cloth made by rolling and pressing wool etc., or by weaving and shrinking it.
2 a similar material made from other fibres.
--v.
1 tr. make into felt; mat together.
2 tr. cover with felt.
3 intr. become matted.
Idiom
felt-tipped (or felt-tip) pen a pen with a writing-point made of felt or fibre.
Derivative
felty adj.
felt, past and past part. of FEEL.
THESAURUS
felt
cloth, drapery, etoffe, fabric, goods, lace, material, napery, rag, silk, stuff, textile, textile fabric, texture, tissu, tissue, weave, web, weft, woof, woolROGET THESAURUS
felt
Crossing
N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.
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