■ noun the fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and made into cloth or yarn.
↘the soft underfur or down of some other mammals.
↘a metal or mineral made into a mass of fine fibres: lead ~.
Phrases
pull the ~ over someone's eyes deceive someone.
Derivatives
~-like adjective
Origin
OE wull , of Gmc origin.