Château Woolsack was created in 1911.
Previously this was the Lord Chancellor. Strangely, the Lord Chancellor now sits as a commoner in the House of Commons and his place on the Woolsack has been taken by the Lord Speaker.
Langton Lockhart has written: 'Raised to the woolsack'
it is stuffed with Wool and more commonly known as the Woolsack!
The presiding officer in the House of Lords (historically the Lord Chancellor, since 2006 the Lord Speaker).
When the Lord Chancellor presided over the House of Lords, he or she would occupy the woolsack. Now that the functions of the Lord Chancellor as presiding officer have been removed to the Lord Speaker, it is the Lord Speaker who takes up the woolsack during meetings of the House of Lords. The current woolsack (the original was damaged during the Second World War) is a seat with no arms or back, apholstered with red cloth, and stuffed with wool collected from several Commonwealth countries (to demonstrate the unity of the Commonwealth of Nations).
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern W--LS--K. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter W and 4th letter L and 5th letter S and 8th letter K. In alphabetical order, they are: woolsack
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -OO-SAC-. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter O and 3rd letter O and 5th letter S and 6th letter A and 7th letter C. In alphabetical order, they are: woolsack
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