woolsack

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A Royal Commission, made up of five peers appointed by the King, take their places on the woolsack dressed in red ermine robes and black and two-pointed, bicorner hats.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

Baroness Hayman chairs debates in the Upper Chamber from the traditional woolsack, offers advice on procedural matters and acts as ambassador for the work of the House.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2011

At Wembley, he should sit on a woolsack.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010

Great was the dismay of the Lords a month ago when the woolsack was found to contain common horsehair.

From Time Magazine Archive

He played an important and disinterested part in negotiating the coalition between Newcastle and Pitt in 1757, when he accepted a seat in Pitt’s cabinet without returning to the woolsack.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various