felter

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English

Pronunciation

Verb

felter (third-person singular simple present felters, present participle feltering, simple past and past participle feltered)

  1. (archaic) To clot, tangle, or mat together, such as like felt.

Noun

felter (plural felters)

  1. A person who works with or makes felt; a feltmaker.
    • 1720, John Stow, edited by John Strype, A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, volume 2, page 239, col. 1:
      Those Spanish Wools for Felters were not Fleece Wools.
    • 2007, Christine White, Uniquely Felt, page 77:
      This is the mark of an experienced felter and the way to monitor the very subtle changes in the late stages of feltmaking

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Danish

Noun

felter n

  1. indefinite plural of felt

Middle English

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Etymology

From felten +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Noun

felter (rare)

  1. A person who uses felt to manufacture items.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

felter n

  1. indefinite plural of felt