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Definition of Noils
1. n. pl. Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.
Definition of Noils
1. Noun. (plural of noil) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Noils
1. noil [n] - See also: noil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noils
Literary usage of Noils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools: Also Adapted by William Henry Dooley (1914)
"With the exception of length, noils are practically of the same quality as the tops
... Long-wool noils are from the combings of such wools as Leicester and ..."
2. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, Evening and Domestic Arts Schools: Also by William Henry Dooley (1910)
"With the exception of length, noils are practically of the same quality as the tops
... Long-wool noils are from the combings of such wools as Leicester and ..."
3. Analysis of Woven Fabrics by Aldred Farrer Barker, Eber Midgley (1914)
"QUALITIES OF noils. Shoddy and Mungo.—These fibres are understood to be the result
of "pulling" or beating to pieces soft hosiery, dress goods, ..."
4. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"noils—. Mungo and Shoddy—. Differences between Wool and Mungo—. Mungo Production—.
Extract Wool—. Flocks—. Cotton—. Silk. ..."
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