Definition of "noils" [noils]

• Plural form of noil. (noun)

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• "The short combed-out wool is called noils, and is used in making carpet yarns, ground up into shoddy stock, or utilized in spinning fancy yarns."
• "The cloths made from waste products, such as noils, are not much inferior in quality to those produced from the wool from which the noils are obtained; but the great majority of cloths made from other waste products are much inferior."
• "Peace Silk resulting in silk noils are tailor-made for crafting and I have seen the fabulous textiles carried by Aurora Silk when I visited them in Portland last year."