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DictionaryfeltMatted fiber fabric
noun / verb

felt

FELT/fˈɛlt/

Dense fabric made from matted fibers, or making or covering something with it.

The folded felt has a thick, tightly matted edge.

A folded piece of thick gray felt shows its dense matted fibrous edge.
Etymology
feltOld Englishfelt fabric

The Old English noun already named this fabric. Its ancestry connects it with beating and compression—the process of matting wet fibers into a dense material rather than weaving them.

In context

The Hardwood Forest4:29
the next version of Felt is 100% wool felt. This stuff is like butter. It is insanely dense. It holds together really, really well.
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More examples

  • The wool felted when washed in hot water.
  • They are felting fibers into a thick mat.
  • A layer of felt covered the tabletop.

Forms

felt · felts · felted · felting