woolgather

See also: wool-gather

English

Alternative forms

• gather wool
• wool-gather

Etymology

Back-formation from woolgathering.

Verb

woolgather (third-person singular simple present woolgathers, present participle woolgathering, simple past and past participle woolgathered)

1. To daydream.
   • 1911, H.G. Wells, "The Door in the Wall,"

     I had bad times after that—crying at night and woolgathering by day. For two terms I slackened and had bad reports.

Anagrams

• gather wool