See also. 1  Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length. 2  Cubic metre. 3  Metric prefix. 4  Mileage. 5  Odometer. 6  Orders of magnitude (length) 7  Square kilometre.
Wool is the fiber from the fleece of the sheep or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the so-called specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool product. Virgin wool and new wool are also used to refer to such never used wool.
Wool (noun). the soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Wool (noun).