Hypertext Webster Gateway: "felting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Felt grain \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. --Knight. Felt
\Felt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Felting}.]
1. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to
adhere and mat together. --Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder
of a steam emgine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Felting \Felt"ing\, n.
1. The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth;
also, the process by which it is made.
2. The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.
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