fearnought
nounDefinition of fearnought
1
: a thick heavy overcoating that is made of wool often mixed with shoddy and that has a rough shaggy face
also
: a garment made of this material
— called also
dreadnought
2a : a machine for disentangling woolen fiber prior to carding that consists usually of one large cylinder with hooked teeth and several worker and stripper rollers
b : a picker preceding the card
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