Felt — Defs

01 imp. & p. p. [or] a. imp. & p. p. [or] a. from Feel.

1.
imp. & p. p. [or] a. from Feel. See: Feel

02 n. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with l…

1.
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
“It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt.” — Shak.
2.
A hat made of felt.
3.
A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.[Obs.]
“To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose.” — Mortimer.

Phrases & compounds

Felt grain — the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber.

03 v. t. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.

imp. & p. p. Felted; p. pr. & vb. n. Felting

1.
To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
2.
To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam engine.