Wool top

Wool top

Topmaking mills make "wool top", a semi-processed product from raw wool. The process requires that the wool be scoured (washed) and combed and sorted. The longer fibers resulting from the process are called tops, and are in a form ready for spinning. To be closer to customers, much of the industry has moved from Australia, Europe and the USA to China. The "discussion" page includes more and interesting, but unverified information.


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  • Top and but — Top Top, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • top — I. /tɒp / (say top) noun 1. the highest point or part of anything; the apex; the summit. 2. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 3. the higher end of anything on a slope. 4. a part considered as higher: the top of a street. 5 …  

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