Felt Definition
fĕlt
felts
noun
felts
A fabric of wool, often mixed with fur or hair or with cotton, rayon, etc., the fibers being worked together by pressure, heat, chemical action, etc. instead of by weaving or knitting.
Webster's New World
Any fabric or material with a fuzzy, springy surface like that of felt; esp., a heavy insulating material made of asbestos fibers matted together.
Webster's New World
Anything made of felt.
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verb
To make into felt.
Webster's New World
To cover with felt.
Webster's New World
To become matted together.
Webster's New World
To cause (fibers) to mat together.
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Origin of Felt
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Old English felt, from Proto-Germanic *feltaz (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish filt), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”) (adj.), Old Church Slavonic рлъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pilos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English pel-5 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old English fēled, corresponding to feel + -ed.
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