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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Felt

/fĕlt/ · IPA /ˈfɛlt/
01 imp. & p. p. [or] a. imp. & p. p. [or] a. from Feel.
  1. 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. 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. 2.
    A hat made of felt.
  3. 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. 1.
    To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
  2. 2.
    To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam engine.