ravelly

English

Etymology

ravel +‎ -y

Adjective

ravelly (comparative more ravelly, superlative most ravelly)

  1. tangly; entwined like fibres
    • 1991, Margaret Dittman, Fourteen Easy Baby Quilts, page xiii:
      Linen is usually pretty ravelly; wool is all right if it is preshrunk completely and is closely woven.
    • 2006, J. Henri Fabre, The Life of the Fly: Easyread Comfort Edition, page 134:
      One could take them for threads of wool like those which you pull out of an old ravelly stocking.

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