wood-wool

English

Noun

wood-wool (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of wood wool
    • 1894, Medical Summary - Volume 16, page 43:
      The writer has frequently made use of Hartmann's wood-wool as a dressing in his operations on the brain, and as he also induced a number of colleagues to observe its effect, he can speak from experience.
    • 2002, Tom Woolley, Sam Kimmins, Rob Harrison, Green Building Handbook, →ISBN:
      The raw material for wood-wool boards is likely to be 'waste' from other wood processes.
    • 2008, Alan Thompson, Claude Goodchild, Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps, →ISBN:
      If you cannot get hay or wood-wool, several thicknesses of old blankets will do for the nest, and cut-up paper will do for the floor.
    • 2011, Robert W. Shumaker, Kristina R. Walkup, Benjamin B. Beck, Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals, →ISBN:
      These individuals also used wood-wool and leaves to Absorb water from the floor or from a container, after which they sucked the water out of the sponging tool.
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