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Webster 1913 Edition
Felt
Felt
,imp.
& p.
p.
or Adj.
Feel
. Felt
,Noun.
[AS.
felt
; akin to D. vilt
, G. filz
, and possibly to Gr. [GREEK] hair or wool wrought into felt, L. pilus
hair, pileus
a felt cap or hat.] 1.
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.
It were a delicate stratagem to shoe
A troop of horse with felt.
A troop of horse with felt.
Shakespeare
2.
A hat made of felt.
Thynne.
3.
A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
[Obs.]
To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the
felt
be loose. Mortimer.
Felt grain
, the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber.
Knight.
Felt
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Felted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Felting
.] 1.
To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
Sir M. Hale.
2.
To cover with, or as with, felt;
as, to
. felt
the cylinder of a steam engineWebster 1828 Edition
Felt
FELT
, pret. of feel.FELT
,Noun.
1.
A cloth or stuff made of wool, or wool and hair, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure with lees or size.2.
A hat made of wool.3.
Skin.To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
FELT
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
felt
felt
See also: félt
English
Felt cloths.
Noun
felt (uncountable)
- A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres 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.
- Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:
- It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.
- Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:
- A hat made of felt.
- (obsolete) A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry:
- To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.
- 1707, John Mortimer, The whole art of husbandry:
Translations
cloth made of matted fibres of wool
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hat made of felt
Related terms
- felt grain: the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber. — Knight
- felt-tip pen
- coated felt sheet
- saturated felt
Verb
felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)
- (transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Matthew Hale to this entry?)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, felt.
- to felt the cylinder of a steam engine
Translations
Etymology 2
Old English fēled, corresponding to feel + -ed.
Verb
felt
- simple past tense and past participle of feel
Adjective
felt (comparative more felt, superlative most felt)
- That has been experienced or perceived.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 257:
- Conversions to Islam can therefore be a deeply felt aesthetic experience that rarely occurs in Christian accounts of conversion, which are generally the source rather than the result of a Christian experience of beauty.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 257:
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Danish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German velt, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”).
Gender changed by influence from mark.
Noun
felt c (singular definite felten, not used in plural form)
- field (the practical part of something)
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From German Feld, from Old High German feld, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“flat”).
Noun
felt n (singular definite feltet, plural indefinite felter)
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Inflection
Inflection of felt