FELT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German filz ~, Latin pellere to drive, beat Date: before 12th century 1. a cloth made of wool and fur often mixed with natural or synthetic fibers through the action of heat, moisture, chemicals, and pressure, a firm woven cloth of wool or cotton heavily napped and shrunk, an article made of ~, a material resembling ~: as, a heavy paper of organic or asbestos fibers impregnated with asphalt and used in building construction, semirigid pressed fiber insulation used in building, ~like adjective II. transitive verb Date: 14th century to make out of or cover with ~, to cause to adhere and mat together, to make into ~ or a similar substance, see: feel