''woolgathering'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260615002359-00-⌔

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English

Noun

woolgathering (usually uncountable, plural woolgatherings)

• The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
• Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
  • ✤ [while fishing] Alone with my tin of bait and my wool-gatherings, I was in a world of my own, localized and satisfying as such world always are.¹

Etymology

From wool +‎ gathering.

Pronunciation

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Footnotes

1. 1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 109 (1968 edition): ↩