woolgathering

See also: wool-gathering

English

Alternative forms

• wool-gathering

Etymology

wool +‎ gathering

Pronunciation

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Noun

woolgathering (usually uncountable, plural woolgatherings)

1. The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
2. Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
   • 1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 109 (1968 edition):

     [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.

Derived terms

• woolgather

Related terms

• wool-gather

Translations

Indulgence in daydreams

• Bulgarian: заплеснатост (bg) f (zaplesnatost)
• Finnish: haaveilu (fi), unelmointi (fi), uneksinta (fi)
• German: Tagträumerei f