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Steel wool, also known as iron wool, wire wool, or wire sponge, is a bundle of very fine and flexible sharp-edged steel filaments. It was described as...

classing (grading) it accordingly. Wool classing is done by a wool classer. Some of the qualities a wool classer examines when classing wool are: Breed...

materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal wool. As an animal fiber, wool consists of protein together...

follows: In wool, fineness is the major criterion. Wool classification and grading are focused on measuring the wool's diameter in microns; Merino wool is typically...

Wooler (/ˈwʊlə/ WUUL-ə) is a town in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills. It is a...

The Wool Hall is a recording studio in the village of Beckington, near Frome, Somerset, England. It was originally a residential studio set up by Tears...

Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel Wool Grades and the Sheep that Grow the Wool, from the American Wool Council, a division of the American Sheep...

Lanolin (from Latin lāna 'wool', and oleum 'oil'), also called wool fat, wool yolk, wool wax, sheep grease, sheep yolk, or wool grease, is a wax secreted...

breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool. It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for...

A wool bale is a standard sized and weighted pack of classed wool compressed by the mechanical means of a wool press. This is the regulation required method...

translates "half wool." Delaines were woven using cotton warp and worsted filling. It was a kind of plain thin fabric. Delaine wool grades were specified...

Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling...

common varieties of wire-wool are: Steel wool is generally made of low-grade carbon steel extruded wire but also synthetic steel wool contains steel filaments...

(54 to 68 kg). The average fiber diameter is 29 to 35 microns. The USDA wool grade is 44's to 54's. "Perendale". Sheep Breeds - O-P. Sheep101.info. Retrieved...

The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England is a grade I-listed building built as a wool-trading centre in the 19th century. The grandeur...

It is soft, elastic, and slippery, and is used in high-grade textiles. Weaner fleece is wool 50 millimetres (2 in) or longer from young sheep, that have...

A wool-stapler is a dealer in wool. The wool-stapler buys wool from the producer, sorts and grades it, and sells it on to manufacturers. Some wool-staplers...

A wool church is an English church financed primarily by donations from rich merchants and farmers who had benefitted from the medieval wool trade, hoping...

Wool House is a medieval building in Southampton, Hampshire, England which was built to serve the wool trade. It has since had various uses. The Wool...

The British Wool Marketing Board (also now known as British Wool) operates the central marketing system for UK fleece wool. A farmer-run organisation,...