woolsack

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At the end of her final day on the woolsack on Wednesday there was a break with usual Lords etiquette as she was cheered and clapped as business for the day ended.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2011

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

From BBC • Jun. 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

In Eldon's Memoirs, about the very same time, I read that the Bar loved wine, as well as the woolsack.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George