variants:
or less commonly fearnaught \
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plural -s
Definition 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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“Fearnought.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fearnought. Accessed 19 Apr. 2021.
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