Home › Words › W › woolsackwoolsackwoolsack means A bag or bale of wool.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, woolsack ranks #2,614 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom wool + sack.nounA bag or bale of wool.e.g.“We shall never beat the French says one, why truly replied I, 'tis like kicking at a Woolsack—there is perpetual Resistance made, & a strange Elasticity […].” — 1794 January 23, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:A seat made of wool; (specifically) the traditional seat of the British Lord Chancellor (since 2006 of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords); hence (by metonymy) the post of Lord-Chancellor.Synonym of corestone.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).