[Cf. G. wollwerk woollen goods.]
† 1. Working in wool; manufacture of woollen goods. Obs.
c. 1475. Cath. Angl., 423/1 (Add. MS.). Wolle werke, lanificium.
a. 1513. Fabyan, Chron., VI. clvi. (1811), 145. His doughter he set to spynnynge and woll warke.
1570. Levins, Manip., 171/39. Wolworke, lanificium.
1630. Brathwait, Engl. Gent., 125. The Towne of Kendall, so famous for Wooll-worke.
2. Needlework executed in wool usually on a canvas foundation. Also, knitted wool fabric.
1871. Cassell’s Househ. Guide, IV. 5. Design for a fire-screen in wool-work.
1882. Caulfeild & Saward, Dict. Needlework, 465. Berlin woolwork.
1888. Fergus Hume, Mme. Midas, Prol. A red cap of wool-work.
attrib. 1899. Westm. Gaz., 26 March, 3/2. The eye of a woolwork needle.
1905. Mabel Barnes-Grundy, Vacill. Hazel, 55. She placed a woolwork cushion at the back of my head.
So Wool-worked a., worked in wool, consisting of wool-work.
1870. Routledge’s Ev. Boy’s Ann., April, Suppl. 8/2. A good wool-worked Cricket-belt.
1900. Bookseller’s Catalogue, Magnificent Woolworked and Silk Picture.
